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Richard Holbrooke
Biography
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (April 24, 1941 – December 13, 2010) was an American diplomat and author. He was the only person to have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for two different regions of the world, (Asia from 1977 to 1981 and Europe from 1994 to 1996) assisting in brokering a peace agreement among the warring factions in Bosnia leading to the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords. Holbrooke was a prime contender to succeed Warren Christopher as Secretary of State but was passed over in 1996 as President Bill Clinton chose Madeleine Albright instead.
Top Filmography
6.4
The Daily Show
1996 // TV
6.7
Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement
2007 // MOVIE
7.7
Sergio
2009 // MOVIE
7.2
The Death of Yugoslavia
1995 // TV
6.6
The Diplomat
2015 // MOVIE
6.5
Freedom's Fury
2006 // MOVIE
7.4
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
2004 // MOVIE
10.0
America at a Crossroads
2007 // TV
0.0
The Brooklyn Connection
2005 // MOVIE