Eric S. Edelman
Politician
1951 –
Who is Eric S. Edelman?
Eric Steven Edelman is a former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, and former Principal Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs. A career Foreign Service Officer, Edelman entered the Senior Foreign Service in 1992. He is a recipient of the Secretary of Defense’s award for Distinguished Civilian Service and the State Department’s Superior Honor Award.
He retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in May 2009 and is a visiting scholar at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, and Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. He was also an advisor for the 2012 Mitt Romney presidential campaign.
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- Born
- 1951
Baltimore - Also known as
- Eric Edelman
- Education
- Cornell University
- Yale University
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on July 23, 2013
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