Education:
--BA from Yale University,
--CEP
(Certificate of Political Studies) from the
Institut D’Etudes Politiques of the University
of Paris
--MBA from Harvard
Graduate School of Business
Administration.
Occupation:
Ambassador--Currently the President's Envoy to Iraq.
In this capacity, he serves as the head of the Coalition
Provisional Authority (CPA).
Career
History:
Entered the Stated Department diplomatic corps in
1966 and rose through the ranks to serve as the Deputy
Ambassador to Norway from 1976 to 1979. Appointed as
Ambassador to the Netherlands and served from 1983 to
1986. Ambassador Bremer also served as Executive
Secretary of the State Department and was President
Reagan’s Ambassador-at-Large for Counter Terrorism,
1986-1989. From 1989 to 2000, Bremer served in the
private sector as the Managing Director of Kissinger
Associates, a strategic consulting firm headed by former
Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger. In September 1999,
Dennis Hastert, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, appointed him to serve as the Chairman
of the National Commission on Terrorism. In June 2002,
President Bush appointed Paul Bremer to sit on the
President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council. He
has also served on the National Academy of Science
Commission. The Commission's role was to examine the
ability of science and technology to countering
terrorism. He also chaired a Heritage Foundation study
titled, “Defending the Homeland.”
After returning from duty
in Iraq, Bremer became the Chairman of the Advisory Board
for GlobalSecure Corporation, a company whose focus is
"on securing the homeland with integrated products and
services for the critical incident response community
worldwide." He also speaks often on the lecture circuit
and has written a book about his time in Iraq. (See
below).
Accomplishments:
After the successful invasion of Iraq in 2003, the
Bush Administration's initial choice for the head of the
occupation authority, General Jay Garner was fired, and
Paul Bremer was installed as the head of the Provisional
Coalition Authority (CPA). The CPA was the de facto
government of Iraq until authority was returned to the
Iraqis.
While criticized for some
miscues in governing Iraq; disbanding the 400,000 strong
Iraqi army instead of using the trained troops to keep
order being one example. The full impact of his tenure
will not be known until some point after the occupation
ends, though as the insurgency continues, many experts
both inside and outside of the U.S. government blame him
for mismanaging the governing of Iraq and contributing to
the willingness of many Iraqis to back the
insurgents.
Published
Works:
My
Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of
Hope
(2006)--Bremer's memoir of his 14 months in
Baghdad.
Assessing
U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts. : An article from:
Security Management
(2001)--This digital document is an article from
Security Management, published by American Society for
Industrial Security on March 1, 2001. The article
examines the latest commission report recommendations,
along with subsequent developments.
Languages:
English, French, Dutch, and Norwegian
Awards:bla
--State
Department Superior Honor Award
--Presidential
Meritorious Service Award (twice)
--The Distinguished
Honor Award (awarded by the Secretary of
State)
Worked/Collaborated
With:
George W. Bush, Colin Powell
Sources:
The Coalition Provisional Authority--http://www.iraqcoalition.org/bremerbio.html
The
Post.IE--http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2003/08/31/story144792642.asp
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