Mark Brzezinski | |
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United States Ambassador to Sweden | |
In office November 24, 2011 – July 1, 2015 |
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President | Barack Obama |
Prime Minister |
Fredrik Reinfeldt Stefan Löfven |
Preceded by | Matthew Barzun |
Succeeded by | Azita Raji |
Personal details | |
Born |
Mark Francis Brzezinski April 7, 1965 |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater |
Dartmouth College University of Virginia St Antony's College, Oxford |
Mark Francis Brzezinski (born April 7, 1965) is an American lawyer, and former United States Ambassador to Sweden.
He is the son of Polish-born former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski and the grandson of Polish diplomat Tadeusz Brzeziński. His mother Emilie Benes Brzezinski is the grandniece of former Czechoslovak president Edvard Beneš. His sister is Mika Brzezinski, co-host of the morning talk show Morning Joe, and his brother is military expert Ian Brzezinski. He is also first cousin of author Matthew Brzezinski.
Brzezinski graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts in government, earned a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School, and holds a D.Phil. in political science from Oxford University. He also earned a Fulbright Scholarship to study the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland.
He was a corporate and securities associate at Hogan & Hartson LLP in Washington, D.C. from 1996-1999.