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Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is proud to host a Belfer Student and Fellows Seminar with Marc Grossman, Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. In this capacity he served as the Department's day-to-day manager of overall regional and bilateral policy issues, and was responsible for integrating political, economic, global, and security issues into the United States' bilateral relationships.
Ambassador Marc Grossman served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from March 2001 until February 2005. He has been a career Foreign Service Officer since 1976. His most recent service has been Director General of the Foreign Service. He was U.S. Ambassador to Turkey from November 1994-June 1997. In addition to the multiple positions he has held in the Department of State, he was the Deputy Director of the Private Office of Lord Carrington, then Secretary General of NATO.
Other overseas assignments include tours as a political officer at the U.S. Mission to NATO and in Islamabad. In Washington, DC he also served as Deputy Special Adviser to President Carter and in several capacities for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.