Gregory B. Starr

Gregory B. Starr
Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
In office
November 18, 2013 – January 20, 2017
Acting: February 1, 2013 – November 18, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
DeputyBill A. Miller[1]
Preceded byEric Boswell
Succeeded byMichael Evanoff
In office
November 1, 2007 – July 8, 2008
(Acting)
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRichard J. Griffin
Succeeded byEric J. Boswell
Director of the Diplomatic Security Service
In office
February 1, 2013 – November 19, 2013
(Acting)
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byScott Bultrowicz
Succeeded byBill Miller
In office
April 2007 – May 6, 2009
PresidentGeorge W Bush
Preceded byJoe D. Morto
Succeeded byPatrick D. Donovan (Acting)
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security
In office
May 6, 2009 – January 11, 2013
Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon
Preceded byDavid Veness
Succeeded byKevin Kennedy (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Gregory Bowne Starr[2]

(1953-02-03) February 3, 1953 (age 71)
Alma materGeorge Washington University

Gregory B. Starr (born February 3, 1953) is an American diplomat and the former Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security. He was previously the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security. He was selected by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on May 6, 2009.[3]

Prior to his appointment with the United Nations, Starr was the Director of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), and the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary within Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) from March 1, 2007. Starr also served as the acting Assistant Secretary of State for DS from October 2007 to July 2008. Starr became a Special Agent and joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1980.

His overseas assignments include Senior Regional Security Officer (RSO) at the U.S. Embassy to Israel (1997–2000), and Regional Security Officer positions in Tunisia, Senegal and Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). His awards include several Senior Foreign Service Performance and Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards.

In January 2013 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the interim replacement for Mr. Starr. Mr. Starr's pending departure had been announced the previous August.[4]

On February 1, 2013 it was announced that Mr. Starr has again assumed the responsibility of Director of the Diplomatic Security Service and will also serve as the acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.

On July 31, 2013, President Obama announced that he was formally nominating Mr. Starr for Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.[5]

On November 27, 2018, several international media reported that a secret UN-report, chaired by Mr. Starr, about the killing of UN specialists Zaida Catalán and Michael Sharp in Congo march 2017, buried evidence suggesting that Congolese authorities may have been involved in the murder.

References

  1. ^ "Diplomatic Security Senior Leadership". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  2. ^ "PN2019 — Foreign Service". U.S. Congress. November 21, 2004. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Secretary-General Appoints Gregory B. Starr of United States as Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security
  4. ^ Secretary-General Announces replacement of Gregory Starr as Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security
  5. ^ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov. 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2015-11-15 – via National Archives.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Director of the Diplomatic Security Service
2007–2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United Nations Undersecretary General for Safety and Security
2009–2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Director of the Diplomatic Security Service
Acting
2013 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
Acting
2007–2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
2013–2017 		Succeeded by