Richard N. Haass

Richard N. Haass
Haass in 2014
President of the Council on Foreign Relations
In office
July 16, 2003 – June 30, 2023
Preceded byLeslie H. Gelb
Succeeded byMichael Froman
United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
In office
February 6, 2001 – July 12, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byGeorge Mitchell
Succeeded byMitchell Reiss
Director of Policy Planning
In office
February 6, 2001 – July 12, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byMorton Halperin
Succeeded byMitchell Reiss
Personal details
Born
Richard Nathan Haass

(1951-07-28) July 28, 1951 (age 72)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (Before 2020)
Independent (2020–present)[1]
SpouseSusan Mercandetti (1990–present)
Children2
Education
Awards

Richard Nathan Haass (born July 28, 1951) is an American diplomat. He was president of the Council on Foreign Relations from July 2003 to June 2023, prior to which he was director of policy planning for the United States Department of State and a close advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell in the George W. Bush administration. In October 2022, Haass announced he would be departing from his position at CFR in June 2023.[3] He was succeeded by former U.S. trade representative Michael Froman.[4]

The Senate approved Haass as a candidate for the position of ambassador and he has been U.S. coordinator for the future of Afghanistan. He succeeded George J. Mitchell as the United States special envoy for Northern Ireland to help the peace process in Northern Ireland, for which he received the State Department's Distinguished Service Award.

At the end of 2003, Mitchell Reiss succeeded him as special envoy. In late 2013, Haass returned to Northern Ireland to chair inter-party talks aimed at addressing some of the unresolved issues from the peace process such as parades, flags, and "the past" (now known as "the Troubles").[5]

  1. ^ @richardhaass (February 10, 2021). "I changed my registration to "no party affiliation" after 40 years. I worked for Reagan & Bush 41 & 43. But today's Rep Party no longer embraces the policies & principles that led me to join it. To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, I didn't leave the Republican Party; the Party left me. / In response: I made this change some 6 months ago when I concluded Trumpism was less an aberration for the Rep party than its new abnormal. I didnt announce it b/c I considered the change to be a mostly private matter, but am doing so now given the enormity of recent events" (Tweet). Retrieved April 21, 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "令和5年秋の外国人叙勲 受章者名簿" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  3. ^ Crowley, Michael, "Richard Haass to step down as Council on Foreign Relations chief", New York Times, October 19, 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  4. ^ "Council on Foreign Relations Announces Michael Froman Will Serve as New President". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  5. ^ "Haass Talks". BBC News. January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2014.

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