Melvyn Levitsky | |
Ambassador From: | United States |
Country: | Bulgaria |
Term Start: | September 21, 1984 |
Term End: | February 6, 1987 |
President: | Ronald Reagan |
Predecessor: | Robert L. Barry |
Successor: | Sol Polansky |
Ambassador From2: | United States |
Country2: | Brazil |
Term Start2: | June 1, 1994 |
Term End2: | June 17, 1998 |
President2: | Bill Clinton |
Predecessor2: | Richard Huntington Melton |
Successor2: | Anthony Stephen Harrington |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1938 |
Birth Place: | Sioux City, Iowa |
Alma Mater: | University of Michigan |
Profession: | Diplomat, Career Ambassador |
Office3: | 12th Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State |
Term Start3: | 1987 |
Term End3: | 1989 |
Preceded3: | Nicholas Platt |
Succeeded3: | J. Stapleton Roy |
Office4: | 5th Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters |
Term Start4: | June 23, 1989 |
Term End4: | November 23, 1993 |
Preceded4: | Ann B. Wrobleski |
Succeeded4: | Robert S. Gelbard |
Melvyn Levitsky (born March 19, 1938 in Sioux City, Iowa) is an United States diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bulgaria (1984–87) and Brazil (1994–98).[1]
From 1989 to 1993 he served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters.[2] In 2003, he became a board member of the International Narcotics Control Board.[3]
He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He is also on the Advisory Board of the Global Panel Foundation.
Levitsky has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and a Master of Arts degree in political science from the University of Iowa.