Frank G. Wisner

Frank G. Wisner
Frank G. Wisner
Acting United States Secretary of State
	In office; January 20, 1993
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Arnold Kanter; (acting)
Succeeded by	Warren Christopher
United States Ambassador to India
	In office; June 9, 1994 – July 12, 1997
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Thomas R. Pickering
Succeeded by	Richard F. Celeste
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
	In office; 1993–1994
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Paul Wolfowitz
Succeeded by	Walter B. Slocombe
Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs
	In office; 1992–1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Reginald Bartholomew
Succeeded by	Lynn Etheridge Davis
United States Ambassador to the Philippines
	In office; August 16, 1991 – June 10, 1992
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Nicholas Platt
Succeeded by	Richard H. Solomon
United States Ambassador to Egypt
	In office; August 18, 1986 – June 6, 1991
President	Ronald Reagan; George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Nicholas A. Veliotes
Succeeded by	Robert Pelletreau
United States Ambassador to Zambia
	In office; August 2, 1979 – April 19, 1982
President	Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Stephen Low
Succeeded by	Nicholas Platt
Personal details
Born	Frank George Wisner II; July 2, 1938; New York City, New York, U.S.
Spouses	Genevieve Jeanne Marie du Fresne de Virel (m. 1969; died 1974); Countess Christine de Ganay (m. 1976; div. 2013); Judy C. Cormier (m. 2015);
Children	4
Alma mater	Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University (1961)

Frank George Wisner II (born July 2, 1938) is an American businessman and former diplomat who had served as acting United States Secretary of State for a few hours following the resignation of the previous acting United States Secretary of State Arnold Kanter at noon on January 20, 1993 until the confirmation by the United States Senate and swearing in of Warren Christopher as United States Secretary of State later that day. He is the son of CIA official Frank Wisner (1909–1965). On January 31, 2011, he was sent to Egypt by President Barack Obama to negotiate a resolution to the popular protests against the regime that had swept the country. A White House spokesman said that Wisner had vast experience in the region as well as close relationships with many Egyptians in and out of government. The New York Times reported that he was a personal friend of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

He works as an international-affairs advisor at the firm of Squire Patton Boggs in Washington, DC.

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