Robert S. Gelbard | |
|---|---|
 President Ronald Reagan with Robert S. Gelbard | |
| United States Ambassador to Indonesia | |
| In office October 18, 1999 – October 14, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | J. Stapleton Roy |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Leo Boyce |
| United States Ambassador to Bolivia | |
| In office October 11, 1988 – July 20, 1991 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan George H.W Bush |
| Preceded by | Edward Morgan Rowell |
| Succeeded by | Charles R. Bowers |
| 6th Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs | |
| In office November 23, 1993 – April 10, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Melvyn Levitsky |
| Succeeded by | Rand Beers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 6, 1944 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Colby College Harvard University |
Robert Sidney Gelbard (born March 6, 1944) is an American diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bolivia (1988–1991) and Indonesia (1999–2001). He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, and is a 1964 graduate of Colby College and a 1979 graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, where he received a Master of Public Administration.
In the Clinton administration, he was an envoy to the Balkans.[1] In the Spring of 1998, he met with Slobodan Milosevic and warned him about NATO's possible use of military force against Serbia.[1] By May 1998, he suggested to the White House that they bomb Serbia, but the idea was originally rejected by NSA Sandy Berger.[1]
In February of that year, Gelbard described the Kosovo Liberation Army, Milosevic's foe in the Kosovo war as "without any questions, a terrorist group" and added that "we condemn very strongly terrorist activities in Kosovo."[2]
Gelbard currently sits on the Atlantic Council's[3] Board of Directors.
- ^ a b c Eric Moskowitz and Jeffrey S. Lantis, 'Conflict in the Balkans', in Fateful Decisions: Inside the National Security Council, ed. Karl F. Inderfurth and Loch K. Johnson, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, p.256
- ^ Shenon, Philip (March 13, 1998). "U.S. Says It Might Consider Attacking Serbs". The New York Times.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2020-02-11.