Fritz Ermarth
Fritz Ermarth | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the National Intelligence Council | |
| In office 1988–1993 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Frank Horton III |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Nye |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 20, 1941 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 19, 2022 |
| Education | Wittenberg University (BA) Harvard University (MA) |
Fritz W. Ermarth was the Director of National Security Programs at the Nixon Center from 2002 to his death in 2022.[1] He was also a part-time senior analyst for the Strategies Group at Science Applications International Corporation.
Ermarth worked for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1973 until 1998,[2] serving as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, as National Intelligence Officer for the USSR and East Europe and Director of the Strategic Evaluation Center. He has received both the Distinguished Intelligence Medal and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. Ermarth also served as Special Assistant to the President during the Ronald Reagan's presidency, as well as Senior Director of Soviet and European Affairs.[1]
Following the 1990s looting of Russia, he stated "We have outright criminals at one end, but at the other end we call them statesmen."[3]
Ermarth died on January 19, 2022.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b "Former National Intelligence Council Chairman Joins Nixon Center; Ermarth to Study Nuclear Strategy and Modernization". The Nixon Center. October 5, 2002. Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Retrieved January 19, 2007.
- ^ "Fritz Ermarth". In The National Interest. Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Retrieved January 19, 2007.
- ^ Kaplan, David (August 30, 1999). When the Russian mob feels the need to wash: Money laundering marks a nation's looting. US News. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
References
[edit]- "The Nixon Center". Archived from the original on January 18, 2007. Retrieved January 19, 2007.
- "In The National Interest". Retrieved January 19, 2007.
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