Randolph Marshall Bell
Randolph Marshall Bell (* 1947 ) is an American diplomat .
education
Randolph Bell graduated from the College of William & Mary and Cambridge University .
Diplomatic career
In 1972, he joined the United States Foreign Service. In the course of his first diplomatic activities, he came to Frankfurt , Prague and Vienna . He completed his research in Advanced Eastern European Studies at the Foreign Service Institute and attended the National Defense University (NDU) in Washington, DC From 1984 to 1985, Bell was assigned to the Secretary of Defense where he worked on political affairs in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe . Between 1985 and 1988 was positioned as political and economic advisor in Prague and from 1989 to 1993 as political advisor in Brussels . From 1993 to 1996 he headed the Russian and Eurasian Affairs Department at the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR).
Bell was able to acquire an excellent knowledge of transatlantic relations through his activities as head of the office for Great Britain , Ireland and Benelux affairs from 1996 to 1999 and head of the Austria , Germany and Switzerland office from 2000 to 2002 .
Commitment to coming to terms with the past
Randolph Bell made a significant contribution to the EU sanctions against Austria by assuring that the US government would treat Austria fairly. In 2000, Bell worked closely with Deputy US Treasury Secretary Stuart E. Eizenstat in the course of the Austro-American negotiations regarding the bilateral reparation agreements for the forced and slave laborers in World War II .
In 2001 he was also involved in the restitution negotiations of “Aryanized” properties that were confiscated by the National Socialists at that time . In his subsequent tenure as head of the Holocaust Department in the US State Department , his expertise in implementing these two agreements was invaluable.
Others
Currently, Randolph Bell is executive director of the World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond, board member of the Council for America's First Freedom and an official supporter of the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond .
Bell speaks German, French and Czech, is married and has one son.
honors and awards
- Bell received the Department of State's Superior Honor Award four times alone and once in a group .
- On February 25, 2004, Bell was awarded the Great Silver Medal of Honor by the Austrian Ambassador Eva Nowotny in Washington for services to the Republic of Austria .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
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| SURNAME | Bell, Randolph Marshall |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |