American diplomat
Rich Williamson
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In office
1999?2001
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Preceded by
| Harold Smith
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Succeeded by
| Lee A. Daniels
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In office
February 18, 1988 ? March 19, 1989
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President
| Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
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Preceded by
| Alan Keyes
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Succeeded by
| John Bolton
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In office
May 17, 1983 ? January 15, 1985
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President
| Ronald Reagan
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Preceded by
| Position established
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Succeeded by
| Bruce Chapman
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In office
January 20, 1981 ? May 17, 1983
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President
| Ronald Reagan
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Preceded by
| Gene Eidenberg
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Succeeded by
| Lee Verstandig
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Born
| Richard Salisbury Williamson
(
1949-05-09
)
May 9, 1949
Evanston, Illinois
, U.S.
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Died
| December 8, 2013
(2013-12-08)
(aged 64)
Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
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Political party
| Republican
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Spouse
| Jane Williamson
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Education
| Princeton University
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BA
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University of Virginia
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JD
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Richard Salisbury Williamson
(May 9, 1949 ? December 8, 2013) was an American
lawyer
,
diplomat
and political advisor. He previously served as Special Envoy to
Sudan
under
George W. Bush
.
[1]
Williamson was a partner at
Winston & Strawn
and was also
Thomas J. Sharkey Distinguished Visiting Scholar
at
Seton Hall's Whitehead School of Diplomacy
.
Early life
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Williamson was born in Evanston, Illinois.
[2]
He received an A.B.,
cum laude
, in 1971 from
Princeton University
. He received a J.D. in 1974 from the
University of Virginia School of Law
, where he was executive editor of the
Virginia Journal of International Law
.
[3]
Career
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Williamson was a practicing partner in the law office of
Winston and Strawn
. Earlier in the
George W. Bush administration
, Williamson, who has broad foreign policy and negotiating experience, served as Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs
and in 2004 as
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
.
[3]
[4]
Williamson played a role in the slow resolution of the conflict in the
Darfur
region of Sudan.
[5]
[6]
Previously, he served in senior foreign policy positions under Presidents
Ronald Reagan
and
George H. W. Bush
, including as
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
at the
Department of State
, and an
Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs
in the White House. In 1992, he was nominated by the
Republican Party
for
United States Senate
, but
lost
to Democrat
Carol Moseley-Braun
, the first black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate. In 1999, he was selected to serve as the Chairman of the
Illinois Republican Party
.
[7]
Williamson was active in a wide variety of civic organizations, serving on the board of directors of the
International Republican Institute
; the board of the Committee in Support of Russian Civil Society; a member of the advisory committee for the International Human Rights Center at
DePaul University
, and a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations
. Williamson also was the Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor of International Studies at
Northwestern University
in Evanston, Illinois.
[8]
Williamson authored seven books and edited three. He wrote more than 175 articles in professional and popular periodicals.
Death
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Williamson died of a cerebral hemorrhage at a Chicago hospital in 2013, aged 64.
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