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Carlos Pascual (diplomat)

For the Major League Baseball player, see Carlos Pascual (baseball).

Carlos Pascual (born 1959) is a Cuban-American diplomat and the former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Ukraine under President Barack Obama and Bill Clinton respectively.[1] He served at the U.S. Agency for international Development from 1983 to 1995, and at the White House National Security Council from 1995 to 2000, ultimately as senior director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia.[2] He was the State Department Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, and subsequently the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization from 2003 to 2005. Later he served at the Brookings institution[3] and was appointed Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs at the State Department's Bureau of Energy from 2011 to 2014.[4]

Carlos Pascual
United States Ambassador to Mexico
In office
August 9, 2009 – March 19, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byTony Garza
Succeeded byEarl Wayne
United States Ambassador to Ukraine
In office
October 22, 2000 – May 1, 2003
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded bySteven Pifer
Succeeded byJohn E. Herbst
Personal details
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Havana, Cuba
Political partyDemocratic
EducationStanford University (BA)
Harvard University (MPP)

He currently serves as senior vice president at S&P Global.[5]

Education

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Pascual attended Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, California, and graduated in 1976. He then earned a B.A. in international relations from Stanford University in 1980[6] and an M.P.P. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1982.[7] He was a student of Coit D. Blacker.[6]

Career

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Pascual worked for USAID from 1983 to 1995 in Sudan, South Africa and Mozambique, and as Deputy Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia. From July 1998 to January 2000, Pascual served as Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, and from 1995 to 1998 as Director for the same region, from October 2000 until May 2003, as the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine.[8][9] When the Melnychenko recordings of Leonid Kuchma became known, Pascual revealed that the tapes are genuine, undistorted, unaltered, and not manipulated because of the conclusion from FBI Electronic Research Facility's analysis of the original recording device and the original recording found that there are not unusual sounds which would indicate a tampering of the recording, the recording is continuous with no breaks, and there is no manipulation of the digital files.[10][11] These recordings, known as Kuchmagate, confirmed Kuchma's involvement in the assassination by decapitation of Georgiy Gongadze and Kuchma's unwavering support for Vladimir Putin during the Cali cocaine cartel money laundering through the Putin-owned German firm St. Petersburg Real Estate Holding Company (German: St. Peterburg Immobilien und Beteiligungs AG) (SPAG).[12][13][14][15][a][b] His support for the recordings' authenticity directly led to the Orange Revolution of 2004 in Ukraine.

He was then named Assistance Coordinator for Europe and Eurasia.[31] In 2004, he was named Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization at the US Department of State.[32]

In 2015, Pascual worked as vice president and Director of the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution[33] where he presided over the creation of the Brookings Doha Center and the Brookings-Tsinghua Center.

Selected by President Barack Obama as ambassador to Mexico, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 7, 2009.[9] He presented his credentials to the Mexican government on August 9, 2009[9] and personally to President Felipe Calderón on October 21, 2009.[34] Pascual submitted his resignation as Ambassador to Mexico on March 19, 2011 in part due to tensions with Calderón.[35] Tensions with President Calderón arose as a result of the WikiLeaks release of diplomatic cables in which Pascual criticized the Mexican military's ability or willingness to fight the Mexican drug cartels. Pascual is considered to be the first casualty of the Wikileaks affair.[36][37][38]

Pascual was appointed the State Department's Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs in May 2011, succeeding David L. Goldwyn.[39][40] He led the Bureau of Energy Resources.[41] Pascual was also the senior advisor to the Secretary of State on global energy diplomacy.[7] In February 2012, April 2013 and January 2014 Pascual was nominated as Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, but not confirmed by the Senate.[42] In August 2014 Pascual was succeeded by Amos Hochstein.[43] After leaving the State Department Pascual became senior vice president of global energy at IHS Markit.[44][5]

Pascual serves on the Board of Directors of Centrica, a British multinational electricity and gas utility company.[45] He is a non-resident fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University[7] and sits on the Atlantic Council Board of Directors.[46]

Publications

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Pascuals publications include articles in The New York Times,[47][48] the Financial Times,[49] The Wall Street Journal,[50] and HuffPost.[51] His book, Power and Responsibility, won a 2009 award for the best political science book published by an independent publisher.[52]

Notes

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  1. ^ Markus Rese was CEO of Frankfurt based SPAG which was linked to Vladimir Putin, Herman Gref and Russian criminal groups who had transferred money to SPAG through a Romanian bank.[16][17] Russian co-owner of the SPAG's joint venture was the government of Saint-Petersburg with 882,500 shares or 27.58% stake and Vladimir Putin, then the municipal official, who was a member of the board from 1992 to 2000 with 200 shares held as a controlling or blocking stake through Vladimir Smirnov since 17 December 1994. The second largest stake in SPAG was 742,176 shares or a 23.19% stake which was held by the Unterschleißheim based Baader Wertpapierhandelsbank. Baader Wertpapierhandelsbank sold a stake in KST investments to Kurt Ochner (born 1953) who was one of the largest fund managers in the Frankfurt Neuer Markt, which gained substantial investments through an alleged speculation bubble from its establishment on 10 March 1997 until its peak on 10 March 2001 during the dot-com bubble and then collapsed until it closed on 5 June 2003, through the 1990 established Luxembourg based Julius Baer investment fund, which is associated with Bank Julius Bär a Zurich based private bank known for its wealth management. During the late 1990s, Marian von Korff (born 17 May 1966 Pfaffenhofen, Upper Bavaria), who is close to Ochner, was an advisor to the Luxembourg based fund VMR Strategie Quadrat and the owner of the 1994 established Fair Invest GmbH and other firms which had IPOs with the Neuer Markt and gave Korff very large returns on his investments including some with the brothers Florian and Thomas Haffa such as EM-Entertainment Munich, Merchandising, Film und Fernsehen GmbH (EM.TV) of the Kirch Group.[12][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
  2. ^ In 2006, Jean Goutchkov, also spelled Ivan Guchkov (Russian: Иван Гучков; born 1954 Paris, France), was managing director at Ferrier Lullin which was acquired by Julius Bär Group AG in September 2005.[26][27][28][29][30]

References

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  1. ^ "Perfil Carlos Pascual, de Stanford y de Harvard a México" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  2. ^ "Carlos Pascual Named Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings". Brookings. 2005-10-28. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  3. ^ "Carlos Pascual Named Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings". Brookings. 2005-10-28. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  4. ^ "Carlos Pascual - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  5. ^ a b "Pascual, Carlos". ihsmarkit.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  6. ^ a b "Greetings, Mr. President". The Dish. Archived from the original on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  7. ^ a b c "Carlos Pascual". Columbia SIPA. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  8. ^ "Carlos Pascual". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 2011-05-28. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  9. ^ a b c "U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual". United States Department of State, U.S. Embassy Mexico City. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  10. ^ Pascual, Carlos (26 November 2002). "U.S. Ambassador's to Ukraine open letter to the editor of 2000 Newspaper". danskukrainsk.dk (Dansk-Ukrainsk Selskab). Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  11. ^ Koshiw, J.V. (12–13 October 2007). "Kuchma's 'Parallel Cabinet' – The center of President Kuchma's authoritarian rule based on the Melnychenko recordings" (PDF). pp. 16–17. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ^ a b "Spuren in den Kreml? Die deutsche Immobilien-Firma SPAG soll der russischen Mafia als Geldwaschanlage gedient haben. Jetzt schlugen hiesige Ermittler erstmals zu. Das Netzwerk zieht sich bis nach Moskau" [Traces in the Kremlin? The German real estate company SPAG is said to have served the Russian mafia as a money-laundering system. Now local investigators struck for the first time. The network extends to Moscow.]. Der Spiegel (in German). June 2003. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  13. ^ Hosenball, Mark (2 September 2001). "A Stain on Mister Clean". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Newsweek Details Putin's Alleged Organized Crime Ties…". Jamestown Foundation. 27 August 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  15. ^ Milov, O.; Nemtsov, B.; Ryzhkov, V.; Shorina, O., eds. (2011). "Putin. Corruption. An independent white paper". putin-itogi.ru. Translated by Essel, Dave. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  16. ^ Zitelmann, Rainer (16 June 2000). ""Riesige Chancen in St. Petersburg" WELT-Gespräch mit Markus Rese, Vorstand der SPAG" ["Huge opportunities in St. Petersburg" WELT interview with Markus Rese, CEO of SPAG]. Die Welt (in German). Archived from the original on 26 March 2002. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Le Monde Links Putin, Gref To Shady Property Company". Saint Petersburg Times. 30 May 2000. Archived from the original on 28 February 2001. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  18. ^ Belton, Catherine (7 October 2003). "New Book Poses Question of Putin's Links with Underworld". The St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  19. ^ J.V. Koshiw (12–13 October 2007). "Kuchma's 'Parallel Cabinet' – The center of President Kuchma's authoritarian rule based on the Melnychenko recordings" (PDF). pp. 17–20. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. ^ Березовский, Борис (24 June 2003). "Новый передел. Что делать?" [New redistribution. What to do?]. Коммерсантъ (in Russian). No. 129 (2732). Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  21. ^ "Analyse - SPAG - St.Petersburg Immobilien AG. Daten & Fakten: Anteilseigner" [Analysis - SPAG - St.Petersburg Immobilien AG. Facts & Figures: Shareholders]. wallstreet-online.de (in German). 13 December 2000. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  22. ^ Balzli, Beat (18 May 2003). "Spuren in den Kreml? Die deutsche Immobilien-Firma SPAG soll der russischen Mafia als Geldwaschanlage gedient haben. Jetzt schlugen hiesige Ermittler erstmals zu. Das Netzwerk zieht sich bis nach Moskau" [Traces in the Kremlin? The German real estate company SPAG is said to have served the Russian mafia as a money laundering facility. Now local investigators struck for the first time. The network stretches as far as Moscow.]. Der Spiegel (in German). Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  23. ^ Pauly, Christoph (15 October 2000). "Der Guru des Neuen Marktes: Er ist einer der mächtigsten Fondsmanager des Landes: Kurt Ochner treibt die Kurse seiner Börsenlieblinge in ungeahnte Höhen. Wer in seiner Gunst steht, gilt als gemachter Mann. Die Anleger profitierten von seinen umstrittenen Methoden - bis vor kurzem" [The guru of the new market: He is one of the most powerful fund managers in the country: Kurt Ochner drives the prices of his stock market darlings to unimagined heights. Whoever is in his favor is considered a made man. Investors benefited from his controversial methods - until recently.]. Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  24. ^ "Betrug am Anleger? Wie sich ein Finanzjournalist reich machte: Aktien, Aktien, Aktien. "Focus" im Zwielicht: Der für Geldanlagen zuständige Redakteur Marian von Korff war anderthalb Jahre lang auch Chef einer Investmentfirma und arbeitete nebenbei monatelang als Berater eines Luxemburger Aktienfonds. Im März 1999 verließ er die Redaktion deutlich wohlhabender als zuvor" [Investor fraud? How a financial journalist got rich: Stocks, stocks, stocks. "Focus" in the twilight: Marian von Korff, the editor responsible for financial investments, was also head of an investment company for a year and a half and worked for months as an advisor to a Luxembourg equity fund. In March 1999 he left the editorial office much wealthier than before.]. wallstreet-online.de (in German). 5 June 2000. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  25. ^ Muller, Sarah-Christian; Dawisha, Karen (2014). "Appendices of Stasi Documents from Validmir Putin, Operation Luch and Matthias Warnig: The Secret KGB-Stasi Relationship" (PDF). Miami University. pp. 92–106. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  26. ^ Belton 2020, pp. 324–330, 561–562.
  27. ^ "Иван Гучков: "Россия — одна из таких стран, куда сейчас выгодно инвестировать": Потомок русских финансистов представляет старейший швейцарский банк" [Ivan Guchkov: "Russia is one of those countries where it is now profitable to invest": Descendant of Russian financiers represents the oldest Swiss bank]. banki.ru (in Russian). 30 December 2005. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  28. ^ Пономарев, Игорь (15 December 2006). "Риск - часть нашей профессии" [Risk is part of our profession]. Национальный Банковский Журнал (nbj.ru) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  29. ^ Пономарев, Игорь (7 June 2006). "В Россию по делу Потомок русских финансистов представляет старейший швейцарский банк: ДОСЬЕ" [The oldest Swiss bank represents the Descendant of Russian financiers in Russia in the case: DOSSIER]. Национальный Банковский Журнал (nbj.ru) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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  40. ^ "Office of the Coordinator for International Energy Affairs". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
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  44. ^ Dickson, Rebecca (2015-05-07). "Iran courting US oil interests in secret talks". TheHill. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  45. ^ "Governance". Centrica. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
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  47. ^ Pascual, Carlos; Indyk, Martin (2006-08-22). "In Lebanon, Even Peace Is a Battle". The New York Times (Opinion). ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  48. ^ "Don't give up on Ukraine - Editorials & Commentary - International Herald Tribune". The New York Times. 2006-08-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  49. ^ "Rights and wrongs of fixing Iraq". Financial Times. 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  50. ^ "Sponsored Content: Carlos Pascual and William Burns discuss the Iran Nuclear Deal". CERA Connection. 2015-04-23. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  51. ^ Bruce Jones; Carlos Pascual; Stephen Stedman (2009-04-16). "Changing How We Address Global And National Security". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  52. ^ "Carlos Pascual". Columbia SIPA. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
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