Robert Pelletreau

Robert Pelletreau
17th Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
In office February 18, 1994–January 24, 1997
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Edward Djerejian
Succeeded by	Martin Indyk
United States Ambassador to Egypt
In office September 12, 1991–December 11, 1993
President	George Herbert Walker Bush
Preceded by	Frank G. Wisner
Succeeded by	Edward S. Walker, Jr.
United States Ambassador to Tunisia
In office July 1, 1987–May 11, 1991
President	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Peter Sebastian
Succeeded by	John Thomas McCarthy
United States Ambassador to Bahrain
In office March 10, 1979–April 3, 1980
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Wat T. Cluverius IV
Succeeded by	Peter A. Sutherland
Personal details
Born	(1935-07-09) July 9, 1935 Patchogue, New York
Spouse	Pamela Day Pelletreau
Children	3
Alma mater	Yale University (BA) Harvard University (LLB)

Robert Halsey Pelletreau Jr. (born July 9, 1935) is an American former diplomat who was United States Ambassador to Bahrain (1979–1980), Tunisia (1987–1991), and Egypt (1991–1993), as well as the former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. He currently sits on the U.S. Advisory Council of the Israel Policy Forum. He is also a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations.

Early years

Robert H. Pelletreau was born July 9, 1935, in Patchogue, New York. After graduating from Yale University (B.A., 1957), he served in the United States Navy Reserve from 1957 to 1958. Later he attended Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1961).

Career

Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau entered the Foreign Service in 1962. From 1973 to 1975 Ambassador Pelletreau was a Political Officer in Algiers, Algeria; and served in several capacities in Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania and Morocco. He became Deputy Chief of Mission in Damascus, Syria in 1975. He remained in that position until 1978. A year later he became the Ambassador to the State of Bahrain until 1980. He became the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near East and South Asia at the Pentagon, 1980–1981. He was Country Director for Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the Department of State, 1981–1982, and from 1983–1985 the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs at the Department of State. He appeared before the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on September 26, 1983, addressing Major U.S. Interests in the Middle East. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1985–1987. Afterwards, he was Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia from 1987 to 1991. Prior to his most recent position, Ambassador Pelletreau had served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Arab Republic of Egypt on July 31, 1991. Mr. Pelletreau, Jr. was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs on February 18, 1994.

Family

Pelletreau is married and has three children.

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN