Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Helmut Sonnenfeldt (September 13, 1926 – November 18, 2012), also known as Hal Sonnenfeldt, was an American foreign policy expert. He was known as Kissinger’s Kissinger for his philosophical affinity with and influence on Henry A. Kissinger, the architect of American foreign policy in the Nixon and Ford administrations.
Helmut Sonnenfeldt | |
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Sonnenfeldt in 1974, accompanying President Ford to the Vladivostok Summit Meeting on Arms Control | |
| Counselor of the United States Department of State | |
| In office January 7, 1974 – February 21, 1977 | |
| President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Richard F. Pedersen |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Nimetz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 13, 1926 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | November 18, 2012 (aged 86) Chevy Chase, Maryland |
| Education | Bunce Court School Johns Hopkins University |
He was a veteran staff member of the United States National Security Council, and held several advisory posts in the U.S. government and the private sector. Later in life he was a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution.
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