Jacques Paul Klein

Jacques Paul Klein is a retired United States diplomat, who served as head of three United Nations peacekeeping missions.

Jacques Paul Klein was born on 9 January 1939 in Sélestat, Alsace, France, the son of Jean Paul Klein and Josephine Klein (née Wolff). In the Middle Ages the seat of the Klein family was located in Wuille (Ville) in the Vosges Mountains. Barthel Klein and his descendants were Mayors, Municipal Magistrates and City Counselors in Ville. In 1695, after the Thirty Years' War, Jean Klein married Catherine Bleicher from nearly St. Hippolyte (St.Pilt) and after their marriage moved the family there, They became vintners after arriving in St. Hippolyte and have practiced viniculture since that time. After the death of Mr. Klein's father and the destruction of the family home and business at the end of World War II, his mother opted to move to the United States with her seven-year-old son, arriving on December 7, 1946. Prior to leaving France, Mr. Klein had begun his elementary school studies at College Koeberle in Selestat.

In recognition of Mr. Klein's service to peace he has been awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law by Elmhurst College and an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa by Roosevelt University. In 1997 he was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation and the Seal of the City of Osijek and in 1998 The Charter of Gratitude by the President of the Republic of Croatia. In 2003 He was named an Honorary Citizen of the City of Vukovar. In recognition of his commitment to international understanding and reconciliation, he was presented the 2010 Marcel Rudloff Prize at the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg for “service de la defense de l'esprit de tolerance.” In 2011 he was awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa by Jospi Juraj Strossmayer University, the Certificate of Gratitude by the Association of Returnees of Croatia and the Distinguished Global Leadership Award by the Evandeoski Teoloski Fakultet in Osijek, Croatia, “for being a transformational leader who demonstrated clarity of vision, moral conviction and the political will while championing human rights and the development of democracy in Croatia, BosniaHerzegovina and Liberia. “ In 2013 he was also made an honorary Citizen of the City of Osijek.

Despite these many accolades Klein's reputation is tarnished by accusation that UN staff in his command were involved in sex trafficking during the UN missions in Bosnia.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9041974/What-the-UN-Doesnt-Want-You-to-Know.html

In August, 1968, Mr. Klein married Dr. Margrete (Gretchen) Siebert Klein. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, from Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio, a Master of Science degree in Physics, and a Ph.D. in Science Education from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She pursued a professional career as a college instructor and subsequently served as a Staff Associate in the Division of Physics and as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia. They have two children, Christian and Maia, and four grandchildren, Nikolas, Sophia, Caroline and Courtenay.

...
Wikipedia