Frank G. Wisner
| Frank G. Wisner | |
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| United States Ambassador to India | |
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In office June 9, 1994 – July 12, 1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Thomas R. Pickering |
| Succeeded by | Richard F. Celeste |
| Under Secretary of Defense for Policy | |
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In office 1993–1994 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Paul Wolfowitz |
| Succeeded by | Walter B. Slocombe |
| Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs | |
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In office 1992–1993 |
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| President | George H.W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Reginald Bartholomew |
| Succeeded by | Lynn Etheridge Davis |
| United States Ambassador to the Philippines | |
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In office August 16, 1991 – June 10, 1992 |
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| President | George H.W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Platt |
| Succeeded by | Richard H. Solomon |
| United States Ambassador to Egypt | |
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In office August 18, 1986 – June 6, 1991 |
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| President |
Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Nicholas A. Veliotes |
| Succeeded by | Robert Pelletreau |
| United States Ambassador to Zambia | |
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In office August 2, 1979 – April 19, 1982 |
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| President |
Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Stephen Low |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Platt |
| Personal details | |
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Frank George Wisner II July 2, 1938 New York City |
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| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University (1961) |
Frank George Wisner II (born July 2, 1938) is an American businessman and former diplomat. He is the son of CIA official Frank Wisner (1909–1965). On January 31, 2011, he was sent to Egypt by President Barack Obama to negotiate a resolution to the popular protests against the regime that have swept the country. A White House spokesman said that Wisner had vast experience in the region as well as close relationships with many Egyptians in and out of government. The New York Times reports that he is a personal friend of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Speaking on the BBC on February 5, 2011, he exceeded statements issued by the White House to date and insisted that President Mubarak should be allowed to remain in office despite widespread calls for him to step down.
He works as an international-affairs advisor at the firm of Squire Patton Boggs in Washington, DC.
Wisner was born in New York on July 2, 1938. He joined the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer in December 1961.
In 1976, at the beginning of the Carter administration, he served under Cyrus Vance as Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State. Among his overseas assignments, Wisner served as the United States Ambassador to Zambia (1979–82); Egypt (1986–91), the Philippines (1991–92), and India, 1994–97.
During his tenure in Lusaka he played the role of point man for the Constructive Engagement policy of assistant secretary of state for African affairs Chester Crocker. Wisner worked well with Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda and helped to rebuild bilateral relations between Zambia and the USA after a 1980 spy scandal at the U.S. embassy in Lusaka. Crocker's efforts contributed to the organization and successful discussions at the February 1984 Lusaka Conference regarding conflicts in Angola and Namibia.
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