Richard S. Williamson
| Richard S. Williamson | |
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| 17th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs | |
| In office February 5, 1988 – March 19, 1989 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Alan Keyes |
| Succeeded by | John R. Bolton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 9, 1949 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Princeton University University of Virginia School of Law |
Richard Salisbury Williamson (born May 9, 1949) is an American lawyer, diplomat and pedagogue[citation needed]. He currently serves as Special Envoy to Sudan as of January 7, 2008.[1] Williamson is a partner at Winston & Strawn and was also Thomas J. Sharkey Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Seton Hall's Whitehead School of Diplomacy.
[edit] Education
Williamson received an A.B., cum laude, in 1971 from Princeton University. He received a J.D. in 1974 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was executive editor of the Virginia Journal of International Law.
[edit] Career
Mr. Williamson is also a practicing partner in the law office of Winston and Strawn. Earlier in the George W. Bush Administration, Williamson, who has broad foreign policy and negotiating experience, served as Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs and in 2004 as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.[2] Williamson has played a role in the slow resolution of the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan.[3][4]
Previously, he served in senior foreign policy positions under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, including as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs at the Department of State, and an Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs in the White House. In 1992, he was nominated by the Republican Party for United States Senate, but lost to Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun, the first black female to be elected to U.S. Senate. He later served as Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.
Williamson is active in a wide variety of civic organizations, serving on the board of directors of the International Republican Institute; the board of the Committee in Support of Russian Civil Society; a member of the advisory committee for the International Human Rights Center at DePaul University, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Williamson is currently the Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor of International Studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. [5]
Williamson has authored seven books and edited three. He has written more than 175 articles in professional and popular periodicals.
[edit] References
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- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Worden, Minky (April 27, 2004). "Sudan's Silent Scream". The New York Sun. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2004/04/27/sudans-silent-scream.
- ^ "President Bush Meets with Special Envoy for Sudan Rich Williamson". Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. 2008-01-17. http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080117.html. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
- ^ "Congressman Frank R. Wolf : Sudan". Wolf.house.gov. 2009-03-04. http://wolf.house.gov/index.cfm?action=website.section§ionid=228. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
- ^ "Buffett Center - International and Comparative Studies - Northwestern University". Bcics.northwestern.edu. 2008-09-25. http://www.bcics.northwestern.edu/programs/buffettprofessor/. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Alan Keyes |
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs February 5, 1988 – March 19, 1989 |
Succeeded by John R. Bolton |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Judy Koehler |
Republican Party nominee for United States Senator from Illinois (Class 3) 1992 |
Succeeded by Peter Fitzgerald |
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Illinois Republicans
- George W. Bush Administration personnel
- Reagan Administration personnel
- American diplomats
- Ambassadors of the United States
- Representatives of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council
- Assistants to the President of the United States
- New Trier High School alumni
- United States Assistant Secretaries of State
- Seton Hall University people
- Princeton University alumni
- International Republican Institute
- University of Virginia School of Law alumni
- Illinois Republican Party chairs
- DePaul University people
- Northwestern University staff
