Fritz Ermarth Explained

Fritz Ermarth
Office:Chair of the National Intelligence Council
President:Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Term Start:1988
Term End:1993
Predecessor:Frank Horton III
Successor:Joseph Nye
Birth Date:20 February 1941
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Death Date:January 19, 2022

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.

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former National Intelligence Council Chairman Joins Nixon Center; Ermarth to Study Nuclear Strategy and Modernization . January 19, 2007 . October 5, 2002 . The Nixon Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20070109190243/http://www.nixoncenter.org/fritzermarthannouncement.htm . January 9, 2007.
  2. Web site: Fritz Ermarth . January 19, 2007 . In The National Interest.
  3. [David E. Kaplan (author)|Kaplan, David]