Victor D. Comras Explained

Victor D. Comras
Country:Macedonia
Ambassador From:United States
Termstart:1994
Termend:1996
Successor:Christopher R. Hill
Birth Name:Victor D. Comras
Occupation:Lawyer
Alma Mater:Georgetown University (BS)
Harvard University (L.L.M.)
University of Florida (J.D.)
Birth Place:New York, United States
Honorific Prefix:The Honorable
President:Bill Clinton

Victor D. Comras (born 1943) is an American diplomat, lawyer, and writer.

Biography

Comras was born in 1943 in New York.[1] [2] He received a Bachelors of Science from Georgetown University.[3] He acquired a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida in 1966, and he attained a Master of Laws from Harvard University in 1975.[4]

Comras entered the foreign service in 1966. Between 1969 and 1971, he served in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Later on, between 1980 and 1985, he worked in the Bureau of European Affairs before going on to serve as consul general in France.[5] He served as Chargé d’Affaires for the United States to Macedonia from 1994 to 1996. While serving the diplomatic corps, he would specialize in counter-terrorism, money laundering, and sanctions.[6] [7] [8] [9]

After serving for 35 years, Comras retired from the U.S. State Department in 2001.[10] He was then appointed by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to serve as one of five international monitors to oversee Security Council measures implemented against al Qaeda and terrorism financing.[11] [12]

After retiring from diplomacy, Comras began working as a special counsel for the Eren Law Firm.

Publications

References

  1. Web site: Victor Comras – People – Department History – Office of the Historian. June 13, 2021. history.state.gov.
  2. Web site: COMRAS. VICTOR D.. Kennedy. Charles Stuart. April 16, 2002. The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training: Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. June 13, 2021. ADST.org.
  3. Web site: Victor D. Comras. June 14, 2021. www.erenlaw.com.
  4. Web site: Victor D Comras. June 14, 2021. The Florida Bar. en-US.
  5. Book: Colloquy: Democracy and Democratisation: a Dialogue Between Europe and Latin America. Council of Europe. 1986. 94. en.
  6. Web site: October 7, 2013. Was US capture of Libyan al Qaeda suspect legal?. June 14, 2021. France 24. en.
  7. News: Hosenball. Mark. October 21, 2011. Gaddafi asset hunters face legal mazes. en. Reuters. June 14, 2021.
  8. Web site: Daou. Marc. October 7, 2013. Capture d'Al-Libi : les Américains ont-ils violé le droit international ?. June 14, 2021. France 24. fr.
  9. Web site: April 3, 2015. New sanctions power: Skeptics see power grab – For now, China keeps its powder dry – Uber hires chief security officer. June 14, 2021. POLITICO. en.
  10. Book: States. United. Halliburton and U.S. Business Ties to Iran: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, April 30, 2007. Tourism. United States Congress Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and. 2007. U.S. Government Printing Office. 978-0-16-079174-1. en.
  11. Web site: September 28, 2010. A REVIEW OF CURRENT AND EVOLVING TRENDS IN TERRORISM FINANCING: HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION. June 14, 2021. www.govinfo.gov. U.S. Government Publishing Office.
  12. Comras. Victor. January 2005. Al Qaeda Finances and Funding to Affiliated Groups. June 14, 2021. Homeland Security Digital Library. en.
  13. Book: Comras, Victor D.. Self Determination and the Partition of States in International Law. 1975. Harvard law school.. en.
  14. Book: Military Review. 2012. US Army Command and General Staff College. 92. en.
  15. Book: Comras, Victor D.. Flawed Diplomacy: The United Nations and the War on Terrorism. 2010. Potomac Books, Inc.. 978-1-59797-585-8. en.
  16. Book: Asher. David Louis. Pressure: Coercive Economic Statecraft and U.S. National Security. Comras. Victor D.. Cronin. Patrick M.. 2011. Center for a New American Security. en.

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