Paula Dobriansky
Paula Dobriansky | |
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Dobriansky in 2022 | |
| United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland | |
| In office February 15, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Mitchell Reiss |
| Succeeded by | Declan Kelly |
| Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs | |
| In office May 1, 2001 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Frank E. Loy |
| Succeeded by | Maria Otero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 14, 1955 Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Georgetown University (BS) Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
Paula Jon Dobriansky (born September 14, 1955) is an American diplomat, public official, and foreign policy expert who served as Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs (2001–2009) and the President's Envoy to Northern Ireland (2007–2009). A specialist in Central/East European affairs and the former Soviet Union, trans-Atlantic relations, and political-military affairs, Dobriansky held key senior roles in the administrations of five U.S. presidents.
Since 2009, she has been a Senior Fellow at Harvard University's JFK Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and was named in 2018 the Vice Chair of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, the Atlantic Council.