Tony Blinken
| Tony Blinken | |
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| 18th United States Deputy Secretary of State | |
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In office January 9, 2015 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Wendy Sherman (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Thomas A. Shannon Jr. (Acting) |
| Deputy National Security Advisor | |
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In office January 20, 2013 – January 9, 2015 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Denis McDonough |
| Succeeded by | Avril Haines |
| National Security Advisor to the Vice President | |
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In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2013 |
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| Vice President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | John P. Hannah |
| Succeeded by | Jake Sullivan |
| Personal details | |
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Antony John Blinken April 16, 1962 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Evan Ryan |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Columbia University |
Antony "Tony" John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is the former United States Deputy Secretary of State and the former Deputy National Security Advisor for President Barack Obama. He had served as a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Democratic Staff Director of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (from 2002 to 2008), and a member of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition team (from November 2008 to January 2009), among other positions.
From 2009 to 2013 Blinken served as Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President. From 2002 to 2008 he served as the Democratic Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. From 2001 to 2002 Blinken was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. During the Clinton Administration, Blinken served in the State Department and in senior positions on the National Security Council Staff.
On November 7, 2014, President Obama announced that he would nominate Blinken for the Deputy Secretary post, replacing the retiring William Joseph Burns. On December 16, 2014 Blinken was confirmed as Deputy Secretary of State by the Senate by a vote of 55 to 38.
Blinken was born to Jewish parents, Judith and Donald Blinken. He attended Dalton School in New York City until 1971, when he moved to Paris, France, with his divorced mother and her new husband, lawyer Samuel Pisar, who had survived both the Auschwitz and Dachau camps in the Holocaust.
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