Phil Murphy

Philip D. Murphy (2017)

Philip Dunton Murphy (born August 16, 1957 in Needham , Greater Boston , Massachusetts ) is an American politician , diplomat and investment banker . He has been the governor of New Jersey since January 16, 2018 .

From 2009 to 2013 he was the United States Ambassador to Germany .

Family and education

He grew up in Needham, the son of a secretary and a school dropout Murphy made a scholarship in 1979 at the Harvard University with a degree in economics (AB in Economics) and received 1983 at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to the Master of Business Administration . He is married and has four kids.

Goldman Sachs careers

From 1993 to 1997, Murphy headed the Frankfurt office of Goldman Sachs , where he was responsible for activities in Germany, Switzerland and Austria as well as in the then emerging economies of Central Europe. From 1997 to 1999, Murphy was President of Goldman Sachs (Asia). In total, he worked for Goldman Sachs for 23 years, where he held a number of senior positions before becoming Senior Director of the company in 2003, which he remained until he left in 2006.

Ambassador to Germany

US Ambassador Murphy giving a lecture in Munich in 2012

In the 2008 presidential election campaign , Murphy raised funds for Obama after he had not made a decision in the primary election between Hillary Clinton and Obama as a super delegate in the party primary until May 2008 . Murphy worked for his own company Murphy Enterprises for a few months in 2009 . On August 7, 2009, he was confirmed by the US Senate as the United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. On August 21, 2009, he and his family arrived in Berlin. On September 3, 2009, he was accredited when Federal President Horst Köhler accepted Murphy's credentials.

During the term of office as ambassador, the surveillance of Angela Merkel's cell phone in Berlin, which spied on the embassy in Berlin from 2002 to 2013, falls. In the course of the publication of cables from US embassies by WikiLeaks and the press from November 28, 2010 Murphy had to deal with the impact of the affair on German-American relations. The dispatches contained open assessments of German politicians, such as the Chancellor as "Angela Teflon Merkel". Murphy justified the reports as normal diplomatic work. You talk to each other, get to know each other, trust each other, share assessments. He was "incredibly angry" with whoever downloaded the material. His people "did nothing wrong" and he will "apologize for nothing they did". On December 5, 2010, Murphy apologized for the leak. He rejected requests for his recall.

In 2012 Murphy was honored with the Lucius D. Clay Medal of the VDAC in Neuss. The German-American Society Neuss e. V. awarded him honorary membership in the summer of 2013.

In July 2013, after more than the usual three years, Murphy stepped down as ambassador. He was succeeded by John B. Emerson .

Political career

After joining Goldman Sachs, Murphy was the Chief Financial Officer of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the federal organization of Democrats, from 2006 to 2009 . He worked closely with the then DNC chairman Howard Dean , strengthened the party's fundraising and also financially supported Dean's comprehensive 50-state strategy.

In June 2017, Murphy won the Democratic primary for governorship in New Jersey. Murphy therefore competed against Republican Kim Guadagno in November 2017 to succeed Chris Christie and emerged from this election as the winner.

Social Commitment

During his years with Goldman Sachs, Murphy has been a strong contributor to community, community, and charitable causes. He was a member of boards and committees of the civil rights organization National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Local Initiatives Support Corporation , the Center for American Progress , 180 Turning Lives Around and various programs at the University of Pennsylvania. Murphy co-chaired a national working group on Education in the 21st Century and chaired a working group on public service benefits in his home state of New Jersey. Murphy served on the board of directors of the American Football Association, the USSF, and its organizing committee for bidding to host the World Cup. He was instrumental in bringing a women's professional football concession to New Jersey.

Web links

Commons : Philip D. Murphy  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/11/phil_murphy_big_smile_big_plans.html
2. ↑ Ambassador to Germany: Who is Philip Murphy? In: Allgov.com , July 4, 2010 (English).
3. ↑ America's man in Berlin. Murphy is the new US ambassador to Germany. In: Hamburger Abendblatt , August 21, 2009.
4. ^ Dispatches from Germany. "Teflon" Merkel and the aggressive Westerwelle. In: Stern.de , November 28, 2010.
5. ↑ Olivia Schöller: "Hard days are ahead of us". ( Memento from December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: Frankfurter Rundschau , December 6, 2010.
6. ^ US dispatches about Germany: In the network of informers. In: Spiegel Online , November 28, 2010; "I do not apologize". In: Spiegel Online , November 29, 2010.
7. ↑ Claus Christian Malzahn: The traitors become the hunted. In: Welt am Sonntag , December 5, 2010.
8. ↑ The German-American Day 2012 (PDF; 2.5 MB) November 2012, accessed on November 28, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Neuss friend wants to become governor in New Jersey (also mentions the connection to Neuss through Christoph Heusgen )
10. ^ Mathis Brüggmann, Grisch Brower-Rabinowitsch: US Ambassador to Germany resigns. In: Handelsblatt , May 29, 2013, p. 46.
11. ↑ Ambassador to Germany: Who is Philip Murphy? In: Allgov.com , July 4, 2010 (English).
12. ^ New Jersey Primary Results: Murphy Will Face Guadagno in Governor's Race. In: The New York Times , June 7, 2017 (English).
13. ^ Phil Murphy Is Elected Governor of New Jersey, in a Lift for Democrats. The New York Times, November 7, 2017, accessed November 8, 2017 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
John M. Koenig	US Ambassador to Germany September 3, 2009 to July 6, 2013	John B. Emerson