Kurt M. Campbell
| Kurt M. Campbell | |
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| Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs | |
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In office June 29, 2009 – February 8, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Christopher R. Hill |
| Succeeded by | Daniel R. Russel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 27, 1957 Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
University of California, San Diego Yerevan State University Brasenose College, Oxford |
Kurt M. Campbell, AO, CNZM (born August 27, 1957) is an American diplomat and businessman, who formerly served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He is the chairman and CEO of The Asia Group, LLC, which he founded in February 2013.
He was previously the chief executive officer and co-founder of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a national security think tank launched in January 2007. He also served as director of the Aspen Strategy Group and the chairman of the editorial board of the Washington Quarterly, and was the founder and principal of StratAsia, a strategic advisory company focused on Asia. Prior to co-founding CNAS, he served as senior vice president, director of the International Security Program, and the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in National Security Policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
On June 26, 2009, Campbell was confirmed as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and his last day in office was February 8, 2013.
Kurt Michael Campbell was born on August 27, 1957. He received a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego, a certificate in music and political philosophy from the University of Yerevan in Soviet Armenia, and a doctorate in international relations from Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship.
Campbell served as an officer in the U.S. Navy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and in the Chief of Naval Operations Special Intelligence Unit. He was also associate professor of public policy and international relations at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and Assistant Director of the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.
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