Ryan Crocker

Ryan Crocker
Member of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board
Incumbent
Assumed office August 1, 2013
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden
Preceded by	Victor Ashe
United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
In office July 25, 2011 – July 23, 2012
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Karl Eikenberry
Succeeded by	James B. Cunningham
In office January 2, 2002 – April 3, 2002 Acting
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	James Dobbins (acting)
Succeeded by	Robert Finn
United States Ambassador to Iraq
In office March 31, 2007 – February 13, 2009
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	Zalmay Khalilzad
Succeeded by	Christopher R. Hill
United States Ambassador to Pakistan
In office November 25, 2004 – March 28, 2007
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Nancy Jo Powell
Succeeded by	Anne W. Patterson
United States Ambassador to Syria
In office June 6, 1999 – June 30, 2001
President	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Preceded by	Christopher W.S. Ross
Succeeded by	Theodore H. Kattouf
United States Ambassador to Kuwait
In office September 7, 1994 – December 4, 1997
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Edward Gnehm
Succeeded by	James Larocco
United States Ambassador to Lebanon
In office November 29, 1990 – August 14, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton
Preceded by	John Thomas McCarthy
Succeeded by	Mark Gregory Hambley
Personal details
Born	Ryan Clark Crocker (1949-06-19) June 19, 1949 (age 74) Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Spouse	Christine Barnes
Children	2
Education	Whitman College (BA)
Awards	Presidential Medal of Freedom Sylvanus Thayer Award Hilal-e-Pakistan

Ryan Clark Crocker (born June 19, 1949) is a retired American diplomat who served as a career ambassador within the United States Foreign Service. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he served as United States ambassador to Afghanistan (2011–2012), Iraq (2007–2009), Pakistan (2004–2007), Syria (1998–2001), Kuwait (1994–1997), and Lebanon (1990–1993). In January 2010, he became dean of Texas A&M University's George Bush School of Government and Public Service.^[1]

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called Crocker "one of our very best foreign service officers."^[2] President George W. Bush called him "America's Lawrence of Arabia" and noted that General David Petraeus had said that "it was a great honor for me to be his military wingman."^[3]