John Hamre

John Hamre (born July 3, 1950) is the current president and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a position he has held since April 2000.

Education

Hamre received a B.A. in political science and economics from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1972). The following year he was a Rockefeller Fellow at Harvard Divinity School. He also earned a Ph.D. from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University in 1978.

Government

Hamre was Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1997 to 1999 under President Bill Clinton. Before that, he was Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) from 1993 to 1997. In the 1980s, he worked for ten years at the Senate Armed Services Committee. During that time, he was primarily responsible for the oversight and evaluation of procurement, research and development programs, defense budget issues, and relations with the Senate Appropriations Committee. From 1978 to 1984, Hamre served in the Congressional Budget Office, where he became its deputy assistant director for national security and international affairs. In that position, he oversaw analysis and other support for committees in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. In 2001 he was appointed by the United States Senate to serve on the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry.