David J. Kramer

David J. Kramer

David J. Kramer was United States Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor from 2008 to 2009. He became executive director of Freedom House in October 2010.

Biography

David J. Kramer was educated at Tufts University, receiving his B.A. in Soviet Studies and Political Science, and then at Harvard University, receiving his M.A. in Soviet Studies.

After university, Kramer was a Lecturer in Russian Studies at Clark University and a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University. During the collapse of the Soviet Union, he was an analyst for The Christian Science Monitor Network. He later moved to Washington, D.C. and became a Senior Fellow at the Project for the New American Century, Associate Director of the Russian and Eurasian Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Assistant Director of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Kramer then joined the United States Department of State as Executive Director of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. He next served as Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, before becoming a professional staff member for the Policy Planning Staff. From July 2005 to March 2008, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.

In 2008, President of the United States George W. Bush nominated Kramer as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and, after Senate confirmation, he held this office from March 21, 2008 to January 20, 2009.

Kramer left his position as a Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund to became executive director of Freedom House on October 4, 2010.^[1]

References

• State Department Profile

1. ^ "Leading Expert on Ukraine Appointed to Head Freedom House; Freedom House Announces New Executive Director David J. Kramer". State News Service, September 16, 2010

Government offices
Preceded by Barry Lowenkron	Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 21, 2008 – January 20, 2009	Succeeded by Michael Posner