Elliott Abrams

Elliott Abrams
Abrams in 2019
United States Special Representative
for Iran
In office
September 1, 2020 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byBrian Hook
Succeeded byRobert Malley
United States Special Representative
for Venezuela
In office
January 25, 2019 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byVacant
24th United States Deputy National Security Advisor
In office
February 2, 2005 – January 20, 2009
Serving with James Franklin Jeffery and Jack Dyer Crouch II
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byStephen Hadley
Succeeded byTom Donilon
Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
In office
July 17, 1985 – January 20, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byLanghorne Motley
Succeeded byBernard Aronson
Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
In office
December 12, 1981 – July 17, 1985
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byPatt Derian
Succeeded byRichard Schifter
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
In office
May 13, 1981 – December 1, 1981
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byRichard McCall
Succeeded byGregory Newell
Personal details
Born (1948-01-24) January 24, 1948 (age 76)
New York City, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
(before 1980)
Republican
(1980–present)
Spouse
(m. 1980; died 2013)
[1]
RelationsFloyd Abrams (cousin)
Ronnie Abrams (cousin)
Dan Abrams (cousin)
Children3
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)
London School of Economics (MA)

Elliott Abrams (born January 24, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer, who has served in foreign policy positions for presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. Abrams is considered to be a neoconservative.[2] He is currently a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.[3] He served as the U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela from 2019 to 2021 and as the U.S. Special Representative for Iran from 2020 to 2021.

His involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal during the Reagan administration led to his conviction in 1991 on two misdemeanor counts of unlawfully withholding information from Congress.[4][5] He was later pardoned by president George H. W. Bush.

During George W. Bush's first term, he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director on the National Security Council for Near East and North African Affairs. At the start of Bush's second term, Abrams was promoted to be his Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy, in charge of promoting Bush's strategy of "advancing democracy abroad." In the Bush administration, Abrams was a supporter of the Iraq War. Abrams led the 1998 Project for the New American Century (PNAC) letter demanding the removal of Saddam Hussein as a primary policy goal.

During Donald Trump's term, on January 25, 2019, he was appointed by Mike Pompeo as Special Representative for Venezuela.[6][7] On September 1, 2020, he was further appointed to concurrently serve as the U.S. Special Representative for Iran.

On July 3, 2023, he was appointed by President Joe Biden to the non-partisan U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.[8]

  1. ^ "Rachel Abrams, writer and artist, dies". St. Louis Jewish Light. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference PoliticoJan2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Elliott Abrams Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies". Council on Foreign Relations. 2009. Archived from the original on January 26, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  4. ^ Wilkinson, Tracy (February 13, 2019). "Elliott Abrams, U.S. envoy for Venezuela, faces combative House hearing as policy stalls". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Abrams, Elliott". January 27, 2019. Archived from the original on January 27, 2019.
  7. ^ Hudson, John (January 25, 2019). "Mike Pompeo just named Eliot Abrams his new special envoy for Venezuela. Abrams plead guilty to withholding information from Congress about the Iran-Contra affair. Pompeo says Abrams will be in charge of "all things related to our efforts to restore Democracy in Venezuela."pic.twitter.com/mCyJKikJyn". @john_hudson. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "President Biden Announces Nominees to Bipartisan Boards and Commissions". July 3, 2023.

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