Ryan Crocker

Ryan Crocker
Member of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board
Assumed office
August 1, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byVictor Ashe
19th United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
In office
July 25, 2011 – July 23, 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byKarl Eikenberry
Succeeded byJames B. Cunningham
In office
January 2, 2002 – April 3, 2002
Acting
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJames Dobbins (acting)
Succeeded byRobert Finn
United States Ambassador to Iraq
In office
March 31, 2007 – February 13, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byZalmay Khalilzad
Succeeded byChristopher R. Hill
United States Ambassador to Pakistan
In office
November 25, 2004 – March 28, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byNancy Jo Powell
Succeeded byAnne W. Patterson
United States Ambassador to Syria
In office
June 6, 1999 – June 30, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded byChristopher W.S. Ross
Succeeded byTheodore H. Kattouf
United States Ambassador to Kuwait
In office
September 7, 1994 – December 4, 1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byEdward Gnehm
Succeeded byJames Larocco
United States Ambassador to Lebanon
In office
November 29, 1990 – August 14, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byJohn Thomas McCarthy
Succeeded byMark Gregory Hambley
Personal details
Born
Ryan Clark Crocker

(1949-06-19) June 19, 1949 (age 75)
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
SpouseChristine Barnes
Children2
EducationWhitman College (BA)
AwardsPresidential Medal of Freedom
Sylvanus Thayer Award
Hilal-e-Pakistan

Ryan Clark Crocker (born June 19, 1949) is a retired American diplomat who served as a career ambassador within the United States Foreign Service. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he served as United States ambassador to Afghanistan (2011–2012), Iraq (2007–2009), Pakistan (2004–2007), Syria (1998–2001), Kuwait (1994–1997), and Lebanon (1990–1993). In January 2010, he became dean of Texas A&M University's George Bush School of Government and Public Service.[1]

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called Crocker "one of our very best foreign service officers."[2] President George W. Bush called him "America's Lawrence of Arabia" and noted that General David Petraeus had said that "it was a great honor for me to be his military wingman."[3]

  1. ^ The Bush School of Government and Public Service (2009). Ambassador Crocker Named Dean of TAMU's Bush School. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
  2. ^ Slavin, Barbara (10 September 2007). "Crocker: A modern 'Lawrence of Arabia'". USA Today. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
  3. ^ "President Bush Commemorates Foreign Policy Achievements and Presents Medal of Freedom to Ambassador Ryan Crocker". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 19 October 2022.