William Joseph Burns

William Joseph Burns
William Joseph Burns ; (diplomat);
Born	1956-04-04; Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.
Nationality	US
Alma mater	La Salle University, St John's College (Oxford)
Children	2
Spouse	Lisa Carty
Member of	Macro Advisory Partners/Board, WEF/Global Future Council on Geopolitics
	CIA/Director
In office
	March 19, 2021 - Present
	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace/President
In office
	2015 - Present
Preceded by	Jessica Mathews
	US/Deputy Secretary of State
In office
	July 28, 2011 - November 3, 2014
Boss	John Kerry
Succeeded by	Wendy R. Sherman
	Acting US/Secretary of State
In office
	January 20, 2009 - January 21, 2009
Preceded by	Condoleezza Rice
Succeeded by	Hillary Clinton
	Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
In office
	May 13, 2008 - July 28, 2011
Succeeded by	Tom Shannon
	United States Ambassador to Russia
In office
	November 8, 2005 - May 13, 2008
	Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
In office
	June 4, 2001 - March 2, 2005
	United States Ambassador to Jordan
In office
	August 9, 1998 - June 4, 2001
	Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State
In office
	January 16, 1996 - February 27, 1998

A Document by William Joseph Burns

Title	Document type	Publication date	Subject(s)	Description
Document:Nyet means Nyet	diplomatic communication	1 February 2008	NATO Russia The Great Game Ukraine 2014 Ukraine coup	February 2008 classified diplomatic cable from US ambassador to Russia William J Burns to the State Department about how Russia views NATO involvement in Ukraine

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2015	11 June 2015	14 June 2015	Austria Telfs-Buchen	The 63rd meeting, 128 Bilderbergers met in Austria
Bilderberg/2016	9 June 2016	12 June 2016	Germany Dresden	The 2016 Bilderberg meeting took place in Dresden, Germany.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020	21 January 2020	24 January 2020	World Economic Forum Switzerland	This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21. January, coinciding with the start of the meeting.

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