Paul Bremer

Paul Bremer
Paul Bremer
	Bremer in 2003
Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq
	In office; May 12, 2003 – June 28, 2004
President	George W. Bush
Deputy	Richard Jones
IGC President	Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (acting); Ibrahim al-Jaafari; Ahmed Chalabi; Ayad Allawi; Jalal Talabani; Abdul Aziz al-Hakim; Adnan Pachachi; Mohsen Abdel Hamid; Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum; Massoud Barzani; Ezzedine Salim; Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer;
Preceded by	Jay Garner (as Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance)
Succeeded by	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (as Interim President of Iraq)
6th Coordinator for Counterterrorism
	In office; October 17, 1986 – May 25, 1989
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Robert B. Oakley
Succeeded by	Morris Busby
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
	In office; August 31, 1983 – August 25, 1986
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	William J. Dyess
Succeeded by	John S. R. Shad
9th Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State
	In office; February 2, 1981 – March 27, 1983
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Peter Tarnoff
Succeeded by	Charles Hill
Personal details
Born	Lewis Paul Bremer III; September 30, 1941; Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Party	Republican
Spouse	Frances Winfield (m. 1966; died 2019)
Children	2
Education	Yale University (BA); Harvard University (MBA); Paris Institute of Political Studies (CEP);

Lewis Paul Bremer III (born September 30, 1941) is a retired American diplomat. He was the second de facto chief civilian administrator of Iraq as leader of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States, from May 2003 until June 2004.