Peter Allgeier

Peter F. Allgeier was the Acting United States Trade Representative from February 18 to April 29, 2005. As Deputy Trade Representative, he assumed that post on February 18, 2005 following the resignation of Robert Zoellick serving until Rob Portman was confirmed for the permanent post. In 2005 he was appointed United States Ambassador to The World Trade Organization in Geneva.

He was born in West Orange, New Jersey and is married to Marsha Uehara of Honolulu, Hawaii. They have two sons and currently live in Falls Church, Virginia. Danny Allgeier attends the College of William and Mary and helps Omar Hamdy pass chemistry. Matthew Allgeier is an aerospace engineer.

He graduated cum laude from Brown University with an A.B in international relations and earned a Masters Degree in international relations from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He received a PhD in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He joined the U.S. Trade Representative in June, 1980, as an international economist dealing with Asia, serving in 1981 as Director for Japanese Affairs. Between 1981 and 1985 he was Deputy Assistant Trade Representative for Asia and the Pacific . In 1985 he became Assistant Trade Representative for Asia and the Pacific. In 1989 he became Assistant Trade Representative for Europe and the Mediterranean. In 1995 he was appointed Associate U.S Trade Representative for the Western Hemisphere by USTR Mickey Kantor.

He has conducted major multilateral negotiations like the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

He was nominated by President George W. Bush as Deputy Trade Representative and confirmed by the Senate on May 26, 2001.