Paul Bremer

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Paul Bremer
Bremer in September 2003
Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq
In office May 12, 2003 – June 28, 2004
President	George W. Bush
Deputy	Richard Jones
President of the IGC	Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (acting) Ibrahim al-Jaafari Ahmed Chalabi Ayad Allawi Jalal Talabani Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Adnan Pachachi Mohsen Abdel Hamid Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum Massoud Barzani Ezzedine Salim Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
Preceded by	Jay Garner (as Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance)
Succeeded by	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (as Interim President of Iraq)
Coordinator for Counterterrorism
In office October 17, 1986 – May 25, 1989
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Robert B. Oakley
Succeeded by	Morris Busby
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
In office August 31, 1983 – August 25, 1986
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	William J. Dyess
Succeeded by	John S. R. Shad
Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State
In office February 2, 1981 – March 27, 1983
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Peter Tarnoff
Succeeded by	Charles Hill
Personal details
Born	Lewis Paul Bremer III (1941-09-30) September 30, 1941 (age 82) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Frances Winfield ​ ​ (m. 1966; died 2019)​
Children	2
Education	Yale University (BA) Harvard University (MBA) Paris Institute of Political Studies (CEP)

Lewis Paul Bremer III (born September 30, 1941) is a retired American diplomat. He was the second de facto head of state of Iraq as leader of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States, from May 2003 until June 2004.