Ryan Crocker
| Ryan C. Crocker |
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| Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
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Assumed office
August 1, 2013 |
| Appointed by |
Barack Obama |
| Preceded by |
Victor Ashe |
| United States Ambassador to Afghanistan |
In office
July 25, 2011 – July 13, 2012 |
| President |
Barack Obama |
| Preceded by |
Karl Eikenberry |
| Succeeded by |
James B. Cunningham |
| United States Ambassador to Iraq |
In office
March 29, 2007 – February 13, 2009 |
| President |
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
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| Preceded by |
Zalmay Khalilzad |
| Succeeded by |
Christopher R. Hill |
| United States Ambassador to Pakistan |
In office
November 25, 2004 – March 28, 2007 |
| President |
George W. Bush |
| Preceded by |
Nancy Jo Powell |
| Succeeded by |
Anne W. Patterson |
| United States Ambassador to Syria |
In office
1998–2001 |
| President |
Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by |
Christopher W.S. Ross |
| Succeeded by |
Theodore H. Kattouf |
| United States Ambassador to Kuwait |
In office
1994–1997 |
| President |
Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by |
Edward Gnehm |
| Succeeded by |
James A. Larocco |
| United States Ambassador to Lebanon |
In office
1990–1993 |
| President |
George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by |
John Thomas McCarthy |
| Succeeded by |
Mark Gregory Hambley |
| Personal details |
| Born |
(1949-06-19) June 19, 1949 (age 67)
Spokane, Washington
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| Spouse(s) |
Christine Barnes |
| Profession |
Diplomat, Career Ambassador
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| Awards |
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Awards of the United States Department of State
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Ryan Clark Crocker (born June 19, 1949) is a former career ambassador within the United States Foreign Service and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has served as United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (2011–2012), Iraq (2007–2009), Pakistan (2004–2007), Syria (1998–2001), Kuwait (1994– 1997), and Lebanon (1990–1993). In January 2010, he became Dean of Texas A&M University's George Bush School of Government and Public Service.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called Crocker "one of our very best foreign service officers". President George W. Bush called him America's Lawrence of Arabia and noted that General David Petraeus had said that "it was a great honor for me to be his military wingman".
Crocker was born in Spokane, Washington. Growing up, he had family members in the U.S. Air Force and in Turkey. He lived in Morocco, Canada and Turkey. Crocker attended University College Dublin and Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, where he received a B.A. in English literature in 1971 and was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
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