Ryan Crocker
Ryan Clark Crocker (born June 19, 1949 in Spokane , Washington ) is an American diplomat . From July 2011 to July 2012 he was the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan . Previously, he was dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University after retiring from the foreign service in 2009 after a 37-year career.
Life
Ryan Crocker graduated from University College Dublin and Whitman College in Walla Walla , where he received a BA in English Literature in 1971 .
After language training in Persian , his first foreign assignment was in 1972 at the US consulate in Khorramshahr . He then served in 1974 at the new US embassy in Doha . In 1976 Crocker returned to Washington, DC and completed a 20-month Arabic course at the language school in Tunis by 1978 . He then served in Baghdad and from 1981 to 1984 in Beirut .
He spent the academic year 1984-85 at Princeton University , where he studied Middle East Affairs. From 1985 to 1987 he was Deputy Head of Department for Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs. He then worked at the US embassy in Cairo until the Iraqi Kuwait invasion: in 1990, Crocker was appointed US ambassador to Lebanon and head of the Iraq-Kuwait Task Force as the successor to John Thomas McCarthy . From 1994 to 1997 he was US ambassador to Kuwait, succeeding Edward Gnehm, and from 1998 to 2001 in Syria , where his residence was looted by an angry mob.
In January 2002 he was appointed Chargé d'Affaires ad interim in Afghanistan . From 2004 to 2007, Crocker was US ambassador to Pakistan and from 2007 to 2009 US ambassador to Iraq . In July 2011 he succeeded Karl Eikenberry as ambassador in Kabul . A year later he resigned for medical reasons. In August 2012, he was arrested after being hit and missed while under the influence of alcohol. In 2013 he was appointed to the Broadcasting Board of Governors .
Prizes and awards (selection)
Crocker received a President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service in 1994 , the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award in 1997, the State Department 's Secretary's Distinguished Service Award in 2008, and the US President's Medal of Freedom in 2009 . When he left in 2012, the US Marines made him an Honorary Marine. In 2013 he received an honorary doctorate from the American University of Afghanistan .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from April 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b White House (2009). President Bush Commemorates Foreign Policy Achievements and Presents Medal of Freedom to Ambassador Ryan Crocker . accessed January 16, 2009.
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/ryan-crocker-former-ambassador-charged-with-hit-and-run-and-dui-in-washington-state/2012 /08/23/e57ed98c-ed5f-11e1-b09d-07d971dee30a_blog.html?hpid=z3
- ↑ http://www.bbg.gov/about-the-agency/board/ryan-crocker/
- ^ Remarks at the Presentation of the Distinguished Service Award
- ↑ http://www.marines.mil/Community-Relations/Outreach-Programs/Honorary-Marine/
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from August 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| John Thomas McCarthy |
US Ambassador to Beirut October 29, 1990-14. August 1993 |
Mark Gregory Hambley |
| Edward Gnehm |
US Ambassador to Kuwait City September 7, 1994–4. December 1997 |
James A. Larocco |
| Christopher WS Ross |
US Ambassador to Damascus June 6, 1999-30. June 2001 |
Theodore H. Kattouf |
| Nancy Jo Powell |
US Ambassador to Islamabad November 25, 2004–28. March 2007 |
Anne W. Patterson |
| Zalmay Khalilzad |
US Ambassador to Baghdad March 31, 2007–13. February 2009 |
Christopher R. Hill |
| Karl Eikenberry |
US Ambassador to Kabul July 25, 2011–23. July 2013 |
James B. Cunningham |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crocker, Ryan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crocker, Ryan Clark (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spokane , Washington |