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Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian

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Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian, the Founding Director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, is one of the United States’ most distinguished diplomats, credited with a career spanning the administrations of eight U.S. presidents. Ambassador Djerejian, who is also the Janice and Robert McNair Chair in Public Policy and the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly University Chair for Senior Scholars at the institute, is a leading expert on the complex political, security, economic, religious, and ethnic issues of the Middle East. Ambassador Djerejian has played key roles in the Arab-Israeli peace process, the U.S.-led coalition against Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, successful efforts to end the civil war in Lebanon, the release of U.S. hostages in Lebanon, and the establishment of collective and bilateral security arrangements in the Persian Gulf.

Prior to his nomination by President Clinton as U.S. ambassador to Israel, he served both President Bush and President Clinton as assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs and President Reagan and President Bush as U.S. ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic. Ambassador Djerejian has also served as deputy assistant secretary of Near Eastern and South Asian affairs, as deputy chief of the U.S. mission to the Kingdom of Jordan, and as special assistant to President Reagan and deputy press secretary for foreign affairs in the White House.

Ambassador Djerejian joined the Foreign Service in 1962, and his assignments included political officer in Beirut, Lebanon, and Casablanca, Morocco; he also was consul general in Bordeaux, France. He headed the political section in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow during the critical period in U.S.-Soviet relations marked by the invasion of Afghanistan. He served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant in the Republic of Korea following his graduation from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He holds a bachelor’s of science and an honorary doctorate in humanities from Georgetown University, and a doctor of laws, honoris causa, from Middlebury College. He speaks Arabic, Russian, French, and Armenian.

Ambassador Djerejian has been awarded the Presidential Distinguished Service Award, the Department of State's Distinguished Honor Award, the President's Meritorious Service Award, the Anti-Defamation League’s Moral Statesman Award, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

Ambassador Djerejian was asked by Secretary of State Colin Powell to chair a congressionally mandated Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim World. The advisory group published its report October 1, 2003.

Since March 2006, Ambassador Djerejian has served as senior advisor to the Iraq Study Group (ISG), a bipartisan, blue-ribbon panel mandated by the Congress to assess the current and prospective situation in Iraq. The Baker Institute is an organizing sponsor of the ISG.

He is managing partner of Djerejian Global Consultancies, LLP, and is also on several public and nonprofit boards. Recently, former President Bill Clinton invited him to serve as an Advisory Board member of the Clinton Global Initiative’s working group on Mitigating Religious and Ethnic Conflict.

Ambassador Djerejian is married to the former Françoise Andrée Liliane Marie Haelters. They have a son, Gregory Peter Djerejian, and a daughter, Francesca Natalia Djerejian.
Select Publications, Presentations and Speeches

* Ambassador Djerejian’s essay, "From Conflict Management to Conflict Resolution," on the opportunity to produce a comprehensive Israeli-Arab peace settlement following the recent armed conflict appears in the November/December 2006 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine, www.foreignaffairs.org. View: [PDF]
* Guest Blog: Djerejian on Public Diplomacy, Belgravia Dispatch, November 9, 2005.
* Press Release: Rice University's Baker Institute issues 'Trilateral Action Plan for Road Map Phase I Implementation'
* Policy Recommendation Paper: Trilateral Action Plan for Road Map Phase I Implementation
* Policy Recommendation Paper: Creating a Roadmap Implementation Process Under U.S. Leadership
* Policy Recommendation Paper: Changing Minds Winning Peace: Congressional Report of the Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy
* Congressional Testimony: The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian, Chairman, Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy for the Arab and Muslim World, testimony before the House Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies.
* Speech: June 25, 2005: Future Prospects for Armenia
* OP-ED: A Simple Plan for America's Mideast Diplomacy, The Financial Times, July 14, 2004.

Select Appearances and News Articles

* CNBC Television Appearance regarding Iran, January 17, 2006.
* CNN Television Appearance regarding Ariel Sharon, January 6, 2006.
* FOX News Television Appearance regarding Ariel Sharon, January 5, 2006.
* It's the Policy Choices, The Washington Post, October 2, 2005 Sunday, Final Edition, Editorial; B06.
* On Mideast 'Listening Tour,' the Question Is Who's Hearing, The New York Times, September 30, 2005 Friday, Late Edition - Final, Section A; Column 1; Foreign Desk; Diplomatic Memo.
* Remembering 9/ 11, The Houston Chronicle, September 12, 2005, Monday, 3 STAR EDITION, B.
* Values war rages, says diplomat, Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City), April 8, 2005.
* Al Hurra makes slow gains in Arab world, UPI, March 17, 2005.
* Edward Djerejian discusses Syria, National Public Radio (NPR), SHOW: Morning Edition 10:00 AM EST NPR, February 28, 2005 Monday.
* Baker Institute offers 'street map' for Mideast peace; U.S. leadership is essential for lasting stability in turbulent area, report contends, The Houston Chronicle, February 04, 2005, Friday, 3 STAR EDITION, A;, Pg. 17.

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