Edward Djerejian
| Edward Djerejian | |
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Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian
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| United States Ambassador to Israel | |
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In office 1993–1994 |
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| Preceded by | William Caldwell Harrop |
| Succeeded by | Martin Indyk |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs | |
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In office September 30, 1991 – December 17, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | John Hubert Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Robert Pelletreau |
| United States Ambassador to Syria | |
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In office 1988–1991 |
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| Preceded by | William L. Eagleton, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Christopher W.S. Ross |
| Personal details | |
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Edward Peter Djerejian March 6, 1939 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
Edward Peter Djerejian (born March 6, 1939) is a former United States diplomat who served in eight administrations from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton (1962–94.) He served as the United States Ambassador to Syria (1988–91) and Israel (1993–94), Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and Deputy Press Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1985–1986), and was Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1991–1993.) He is the director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and on the board of trustees of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Djerejian was elected independent chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation’s board of directors (2013–2015). He is managing partner of Djerejian Global Consultancies, LLP. Djerejian is the author of the book Danger and Opportunity: An American Ambassador's Journey Through the Middle East (Simon & Schuster, Threshold Editions, September 2008. )
Of Armenian descent, Djerejian was born in New York in 1939. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1960. Djerejian served in the US Army in Korea for the next two years, and then joined the Foreign Service.
Besides English, he speaks Arabic, Armenian, French, and Russian.
He served as special assistant to Under Secretary of State George Ball (1962–64), a political officer in Beirut, Lebanon (1965–69) and in Casablanca, Morocco (1969–72), executive assistant to Under Secretary of State Joseph J. Sisco (1972–1975), consul general in Bordeaux, France (1975–77), officer in the Bureau of European Affairs (1978–79), chief of the US Embassy's political section in Moscow (1979–81), deputy chief of the US Mission to Jordan (1981–84), Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and Deputy Press Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1985–1986), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (1986–88), Ambassador to Syria (1989–1991), Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1991–93), United States Ambassador to Israel (1993–94), Director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University (August 1994–present).
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