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Brian Hook
Brian Hook | |
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United States Special Representative for Iran | |
In office September 1, 2018 – August 6, 2020 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Stephen Mull (Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation) |
Succeeded by | Elliott Abrams |
Director of Policy Planning | |
In office February 17, 2017 – September 1, 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Jonathan Finer |
Succeeded by | Kiron Skinner |
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs | |
In office October 7, 2008 – January 20, 2009 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Kristen Silverberg |
Succeeded by | Esther Brimmer |
Personal details | |
Born | 1968 (age 52–53) |
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of St. Thomas (BA) Boston College (MA) University of Iowa (JD) |
Brian H. Hook is an American lawyer and government official. He served as U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from September 2018 to August 2020.[1] He previously served as the Director of Policy Planning under Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
During the George W. Bush administration, Hook served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs; Senior Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Special Assistant to the President for Policy in the White House Chief of Staff's office; and as Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, at the U.S. Justice Department.
Hook practiced corporate law at Hogan & Hartson in Washington from 1999 to 2003. He has also worked for Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and U.S. Congressman Jim Leach.
Education
Hook received a bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of St. Thomas in 1990, a master's degree in philosophy from Boston College, and a law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law.
Career
Hook is the founder of Latitude, LLC, an international consulting firm based in Washington, DC. He serves on the advisory board of Beacon Global Strategies.[2]
Hook worked on the 2012 Romney campaign staff as senior advisor on foreign policy. He chaired the foreign policy and national security task forces of the Romney Readiness Project. He was the foreign policy director of Governor Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign from 2010 to 2011.[citation needed]
In 2013, he co-founded the John Hay Initiative,[3] an anti-isolationist group intended to inform political leaders about foreign policy.
In 2018 Pompeo set up the Iran Action Group to coordinate and run U.S. policy toward Iran with Hook as its head.
Hook serves on the board of trustees for Saint John's Seminary in Boston and the board of directors for the National Civic Art Society in Washington, DC.[4]
In November 2019, Hook was the subject of controversy when an internal State Department report claimed he mishandled an employment issue with department official Sahar Nowrouzzadeh. Nowrouzzadeh had been the subject of a 2017 article in the right-wing Conservative Review which falsely claimed she was born in Iran and made disparaging remarks against her. The article was reportedly passed around the State Department, including to President Trump. Nowrouzzadeh reported the issue to Hook, but the internal report stated he did not take proper action.[5][6]
On August 6, 2020, Hook announced his resignation from the United States Department of State. Hook was succeeded in the position of Special Representative by Elliott Abrams.[7] He continued to work with Jared Kushner and the White House on the Middle East peace agreements known as the Abraham Accords.
See also
- 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis
- David Satterfield
- Brett McGurk
- Jim Jeffrey
- Elliott Abrams
References
- ^ "Brian Hook Biography". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
- ^ "Brian Hook Joins BGS Board of Advisors". Beacon Global Strategies, LLC. December 21, 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ O'Connor, Patrick (2015-09-27). "John Hay Group Seeks to Shape Candidates' Foreign-Policy Positions - Washington Wire - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- ^ "Leadership". National Civic Art Society. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ Jakes, Lara (November 14, 2019). "State Dept. Career Employee Was Targeted as 'Loyalist' to Democrats, Inquiry Shows (Published 2019)". The New York Times. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Finnegan, Connor; Siegel, Benjamin (March 15, 2018). "House Democrats say administration is pushing out State Dept. staffers not loyal to Trump". ABC News. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Sanger, David E.; Crowley, Michael (2020-08-06). "Iran Envoy Brian Hook, a 'Survivor' on Trump's Team, to Quit". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brian H. Hook. |
- Hook, Brian H. (2014-10-21). "Brian Hook: The U.N. Agency That Bungled Ebola - WSJ". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- Labash, Matt (2015-06-08). "Hawks of a Feather". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- "Lexington: Defending America". The Economist. 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- Josh Rogin (2014-08-28). "Romney Foreign Policy Team Is Schooling 2016's Republicans". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- "The Romney national security transition team that might have been". Foreign Policy. 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- "President Bush Bids U.N. Farewell". NPR. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- 1968 births
- Living people
- United States Assistant Secretaries of State
- United States Department of Justice officials
- University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) alumni
- Boston College alumni
- University of Iowa College of Law alumni
- Lawyers from Washington, D.C.
- Directors of Policy Planning
- George W. Bush administration personnel
- Trump administration personnel