Marc Grossman
| Marc Grossman | |
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US State Department portrait, c. 2011
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| 2nd United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan | |
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In office February 22, 2011 – December 14, 2012 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Richard Holbrooke |
| Succeeded by | James Dobbins |
| 18th Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs | |
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In office March 26, 2001 – February 25, 2005 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Thomas R. Pickering |
| Succeeded by | R. Nicholas Burns |
| Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs | |
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In office August 5, 1997 – May 31, 2000 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John C. Kornblum |
| Succeeded by | A. Elizabeth Jones |
| United States Ambassador to Turkey | |
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In office January 3, 1995 – June 1, 1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Richard Clark Barkley |
| Succeeded by | Mark Robert Parris |
| Personal details | |
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Mark Isaiah Grossman September 23, 1951 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Mildred Anne Patterson (m. 1982) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education |
University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. 1973) London School of Economics (M.Sc. 1974) |
Marc Isaiah Grossman (born September 23, 1951) is an American former diplomat and government official. He served as United States Ambassador to Turkey, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. He was most recently the United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan and is currently a Vice Chairman of The Cohen Group, a business consulting and lobbyist firm of former Defense Secretary William Cohen, and a member of the German Marshall Fund board of trustees.
Grossman was born in Los Angeles, California on September 23, 1951. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in political science. He later received an M.Sc. in international relations from the London School of Economics.
Grossman served at the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, from 1976 to 1983. He served as the Deputy Director of the Private Law Office of Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Secretary General of NATO, from 1983 to 1986. Grossman served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Ankara, Turkey from 1989 to 1992. From 1993 to 1994, Grossman managed operations for senior State Department leadership as Executive Secretary of the State Department and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State.
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