Eric S. Edelman

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Eric S. Edelman is the current Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (2003-2005).

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 (1993) and the State Department’s Superior Honor Award (1990 and 1996).

Edelman received a B.A. in History and Government from Cornell University in 1972, and a Ph.D. in U.S. Diplomatic History from Yale University in 1981.

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Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey (July 2003-June 2005)
Principal Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs (February 2001-July 2003)
Ambassador to the Republic of Finland (1998-2001)
Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State (June 1996-July 1998)
Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy, Prague, Czech Republic (June 1994-June 1996)
Deputy to the Ambassador-at-Large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State on the New Independent States (April 1993-July 1993)
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Soviet and East European Affairs (April 1990-April 1993)
Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (April 1989-April 1990)
Head of External Political Section at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (1987-1989)
Director of Soviet Policies at the Office of Soviet Affairs at the Department of State (1984-1986)
Special Assistant to Secretary of State George P. Shultz (1982-1984)
Staff Officer on the Secretariat Staff (1982)
Watch Officer in the State Department Operations Center (1981-1982)
Member of the U.S. Middle East Delegation to the West Bank/Gaza Autonomy Talks Delegations (1980-1981)