Robert Halsey Pelletreau Jr. (born July 9, 1935) is an American former diplomat who was

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(1979–1980),

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(1987–1991), and

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(1991–1993), as well as the former

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. He currently sits on the U.S. Advisory Council of the

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. He is also a member of the

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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

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in 1962. From 1973 to 1975 Ambassador Pelletreau was a Political Officer in

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; and served in several capacities in Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania and Morocco. He became Deputy Chief of Mission in

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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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelletreau, Robert H. 1935 births Living people Ambassadors of the United States to Egypt Ambassadors of the United States to Bahrain Yale University alumni Harvard Law School alumni Center for Contemporary Arab Studies faculty Ambassadors of the United States to Tunisia Assistant Secretaries of State for the Near East and North Africa United States Foreign Service personnel 20th-century American diplomats