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Encyclopedia > Frank G. Wisner

Frank Gardner Wisner II (1938- ) is an American businessman and former diplomat. He is the son of Frank Wisner. Frank Gardiner Wisner (1910 – October 29, 1965) was the head of the Directorate of Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency. ...


Wisner is currently Vice Chairman of American International Group. American International Group, Inc. ...


Wisner was born in New York on 2 July 1938, and graduated from Princeton University in 1961. He joined the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer in December of that year. This article is about the state. ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... Department of State redirects here. ... Foreign Service Officers or FSOs help formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. ...


In 1976, at the beginning of the Carter administration, he served under Cyrus Vance as Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State. He was United States Ambassador to Zambia, 1979-82; Egypt, 1986-91; Philippines, 1991-92; India, 1994-97. For other persons named Jimmy Carter, see Jimmy Carter (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...


After retiring from government service in 1997, Wisner joined the board at a subsidiary of Enron, the former energy company. He is also on the board of Hakluyt & Company, a British corporate investigation firm. Enron Creditors Recovery Corporation (formerly Enron Corporation) (former NYSE ticker symbol: ENE) was an American energy company based in Houston, Texas. ... Hakluyt & Company is a British corporate investigation firm. ...


Wisner is an Advisory Board member for the Partnership for a Secure America, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy. The Partnership for a Secure America (PSA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy. ...


Wisner is married to Christine de Ganay, and they have four children.


Currentlly the special envoy of the US in Troika group for the negotiations for the future status of the province of Kosovo (Serbia).

Preceded by
Nicholas Platt
United States Ambassador to the Philippines
1991–1992
Succeeded by
Richard H. Solomon
Preceded by
Paul Wolfowitz
United States Department of Defense
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

1993–1994
Succeeded by
Walter B. Slocombe
Preceded by
Thomas R. Pickering
U.S. Ambassador to India
1994-1997
Succeeded by
Richard F. Celeste

Nicholas Platt (born March 10, 1936 in New York, New York), is an American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Pakistan, Philippines, Zambia, and as a high level diplomat in Canada, China, Hong Kong, and Japan. ... Kristie A. Kenney, Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of the Philippines The office of the United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines was established on July 4, 1946 after the the Philippines gained its independence from the United States. ... Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, working on issues of international economic development, Africa and public-private partnerships. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This is a position for policy in the defense department. ... Walter B Slocombe (born September 23, 1941) is a senior advisor for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad (2003) and a former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1994-2001)[1]. A lawyer and career federal official, Slocombe joined the staff of the National Security Council in 1969. ... Thomas Reeve Tom Pickering (born November 5, 1931), is a retired United States Ambassador. ... Richard Frank Dick Celeste (born November 11, 1937, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American Democratic politician from Ohio. ...

External links

  • Frank G. Wisner bio at Wharton University
  • Sourcewatch page


 
 

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