Antony Blinken

Extracted Attributes

• Role

  71st United States Secretary of State

• Education

  Harvard University (AB); Columbia Law School (JD)

• Full Name

  Antony John Blinken

• Birth Date

  1962-04-16

• Published Work

  Ally Versus Ally: America, Europe and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis (1987)

• Political Party

  Democratic

Timeline

• Antony Blinken is born in New York City, New York. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1962-04-16

• Begins service in the Clinton administration on the National Security Council staff. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1994-01-01

• Becomes Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, serving until 2008. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2002-01-01

• Appointed National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2009-01-20

• Assumes the role of Deputy National Security Advisor under President Barack Obama. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2013-01-20

• Sworn in as Deputy Secretary of State after Senate confirmation. (Source: Web Search)

  2015-01-09

• Co-founds the strategic consulting firm WestExec Advisors after leaving government service. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2017-01-01

• Confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 71st Secretary of State. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2021-01-26

• Publicly states that Ukraine will eventually join NATO, a move discussed as a potential trigger for broader conflict. (Source: Document 2b6bf10f-e753-4ea5-9c2c-da654f7a8824)

  2024-04-04

Antony Blinken

Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 71st United States secretary of state from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under President Barack Obama. Blinken was previously national security advisor to then-vice president Joe Biden from 2009 to 2013. During the Clinton administration, Blinken served in the State Department and in senior positions on the National Security Council from 1994 to 2001. He was a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies from 2001 to 2002. He advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008. He was a foreign policy advisor for Joe Biden's 2008 presidential campaign, before advising the Obama–Biden presidential transition. From 2009 to 2013, Blinken served as deputy assistant to the president and national security advisor to the vice president. During his tenure in the Obama administration, he helped craft U.S. policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran. After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a consulting firm. Blinken returned to government first as a foreign policy advisor for Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, then as Biden's pick for secretary of state, a position the Senate confirmed him for on January 26, 2021.

Web Search Results

• Antony Blinken

  Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 71st United States secretary of state from 2021 to 2025.

• Antony Blinken

  Antony Blinken Secretary of State Expected Nominee Relevant Background ▪ Antony Blinken is a long-time government official who served in senior foreign policy positions for three decades. He most recently served as Deputy Secretary of State for the Obama administration from 2015-2017. ▪ Blinken began his public service at the State Department where he served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs from 1993-1994. ▪ Blinken was a member of [...] Obama-Biden presidential transition team in 2008. ▪ From 2009-2013, Blinken served as Deputy Assistant to the President & National Security Advisor to then-Vice President Biden before being appointed to Deputy Secretary of State by a 55-38 vote. ▪ In addition to his public sector experience, Blinken co-founded WestExec Advisors, a political strategy advising firm, and is a partner of private equity firm, Pine Island Capital Partners. ▪ Blinken currently serves as a global affairs analyst for [...] Syria, Iraq and Libya. He also played a central role in the U.S. response to Russia’s incursion into Crimea. Biographical Information Blinken grew up in Paris, France with this mother and step father, attorney and confidante of French presidents Samuel Pisar, who was a Holocaust survivor. Pisar wrote a memoir of his Holocaust experience that Biden has said should be “required reading” as a reminder of our ongoing obligation to never forget. ▪ Education: Columbia University, J.D. ; Harvard

• Antony J. Blinken

  Antony J. Blinken SECRETARY OF STATE JANUARY 26, 2021 – PRESENT Antony J. Blinken is the 71st U.S. Secretary of State. He was nominated by President Biden on November 23, 2020; confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 26, 2021; and sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris the following day. Over three decades and three presidential administrations, Mr. Blinken has helped shape U.S. foreign policy to ensure it protects U.S. interests and delivers results for the American people. He served as [...] founder of WestExec Advisors, an international strategic consulting firm focused on geopolitics and national security. He was a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies from 2001 and 2002. Before joining government, Mr. Blinken practiced law in New York and Paris. He was also a reporter for The New Republic magazine and is the author of Ally Versus Ally: America, Europe and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis (Praeger, 1987). Mr. Blinken attended grade school and high school [...] deputy secretary of state for President Barack Obama from 2015 to 2017, and before that, as President Obama’s principal deputy national security advisor. In that role, Mr. Blinken chaired the interagency deputies committee, the main forum for hammering out the administration’s foreign policy. During the first term of the Obama Administration, Mr. Blinken was national security advisor to then-Vice President Joe Biden. This was the continuation of a long professional relationship that stretched

• Antony J. Blinken | Foreign Affairs

  ANTONY J. BLINKEN was U.S. Secretary of State from 2021 to 2025. He was Deputy National Security Adviser and Deputy Secretary of State under President Barack Obama, having previously served as National Security Adviser to then Vice President Joe Biden. Before that, he was Democratic Staff Director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008 and served in the State Department and in senior positions on the National Security Council during the Clinton administration. [...] Skip to content ### Author # Antony J. Blinken [...] ### By this author ### America’s Strategy of Renewal Rebuilding Leadership for a New World Antony J. Blinken Nov/Dec 2024 ### A Conversation With Antony Blinken The U.S. Secretary of State Discusses the Biden Administration’s Foreign Policy Foreign Affairs June 1, 2022 ### Is Iraq on Track? Democracy and Disorder in Baghdad Antony J. Blinken, Norman Ricklefs, and Ned Parker Response Jul/Aug 2012 ### Nothing to Fear Washington Should Embrace the European Union

• Antony J. Blinken

  Mr. Blinken was a member of President Clinton’s National Security Council staff at the White House from 1994 to 2001. From 1999 to 2001, he was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs – President Clinton’s principal advisor for relations with the countries of Europe, the European Union and NATO. From 1994 through 1998, Mr. Blinken was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Speechwriting and then Strategic Planning, overseeing foreign [...] Prior to joining the Clinton Administration, Mr. Blinken practiced law in New York and Paris. He has been a reporter for The New Republic magazine and has written about foreign policy for numerous publications including the New York Times, The New York Times Magazine and Foreign Affairs. He is the author of Ally Versus Ally: America, Europe and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis (Praeger, 1987). He appears frequently on cable and network television on behalf of the Obama administration. Mr. Blinken [...] Antony J. Blinken was confirmed by the United States Senate as Deputy Secretary of State on December 16, 2014. He was sworn in by Secretary Kerry on January 9, 2015. Mr. Blinken has held senior foreign policy positions in two administrations over two decades.