5 Antony Blinken and Joe Biden have worked together for 20 years Credit: Reuters Who is Antony Blinken's wife? Reportedly, Blinken first started promoting American values during his stay in Paris as a high school student. He is fluent in French after his mom Judith - who is divorced from his father Donald - moved to Paris when he was a child. Phoebe Johnson, 17, was a passenger in a car . Over three decades and three presidential administrations, Mr. Blinken has helped shape U.S. foreign policy [] He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under President Barack Obama. [9]The Washington Post It was Robert Boorstin, then White House speechwriter, who lured Antony Blinken to the National Security Council staff, where he eventually became the presidents chief foreign policy speechwriter. [109] He criticized Vladimir Putin's threats to use nuclear weapons, saying that "Russia has gotten itself into the mess that its in is because there is no one in the [autocratic] system to effectively tell Putin hes doing the wrong thing. In an interview, while talking about Obamas decision to kill Osama Bin Laden, Blinken said, Ive never seen a more courageous decision made by a leader., Blinken, standing in blue shirt in back of room, during the Osama Bin Laden raid. He has been a strong forward at the Center For Strategic and International Studies. He was very conscious of being an American and he believed in Us values. During internal discussions, he supported improving relations between the two countries and expressed urgency in appointing a United Nations envoy to Western Sahara. [29], He was also a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Antony Blinkens mother Judith and stepfather Samuel Pisar, Antony Blinken, at the age of 39, got married to Evan Maureen Ryan, then a 30-year-old colleague from a D.C.-area middle-class, Irish Catholic family, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Ryan Jr. of Alexandria, on Saturday, March 2, 2002, at 3:00 p.m, in a bi-denominational ceremony officiated by both a rabbi and priest at Georgetowns Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Washington. [35] Blinken was influential in formulating the Obama administration's response to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. But he is known to have two children There is no information about his revelation of his. [80][81], In the midst of the Biden administration's continuing review of the normalization agreement between Morocco and Israel enacted during the previous administration, Blinken maintained that the recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which was annexed by Morocco in 1975, will not be reversed imminently. After graduating from Harvard, Blinken briefly reported for The New Republic, an American magazine of commentary on politics, contemporary culture, and the arts; before attending Columbia Law School from where he earned his J.D. Redfin Tony Blinken and wife Evan Ryan live in Virginia. . Reportedly, it was a friend of his stepfather (Samuel Pisar) who had suggested Blinken apply foran opening at the State Department, and later,Stephen Oxman, then the assistant secretary of state for European and Canadian affairs, hired Blinken. Oct 11. [49] According to Foreign Policy, the firm's clientele includes "the defense industry, private equity firms, and hedge funds". [117] Blinken has asserted that "[Biden] would not tie military assistance to Israel to things like annexation or other decisions by the Israeli government with which we might disagree". He has been married to Evan Ryan for nearly two decades. Mr. Blinken attended grade school and high school in Paris, where he received a French Baccalaureat degree with high honors. [100] In June 2021, Blinken traveled with Biden to attend the 47th G7 summit in Cornwall, the 31st NATO summit in Brussels, and the summit meeting with president Vladimir Putin in Geneva. interest. [24] Blinken assisted then-Senator Joe Biden, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in formulating Biden's support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, with Blinken characterizing the vote to invade Iraq as "a vote for tough diplomacy". The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Blinken would arrive in the Chinese capital on February 5 and also hold talks the following day, going ahead with the visit . Bliken also said that the US sees India as a force for good in defending a free and open Indo-Pacific. Mr. Biden has said he doesn't know what the documents are or how they wound up at his office at the Penn Biden Center or his Delaware home. The families lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where the boys went to different prep schools Blinken to Dalton, and Gardner to St. Bernard's. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Antony Blinken as the Deputy Secretary of State. Blinkin and Bidumb screwed up and caused our Americans to be trapped and 13 soldiers killed. Yet Germans and French, Chinese and Japanese, Mexicans and Americans have overcome their once insurmountable differences. In November 2020, Mr. Blinken emerged as the top choice for Secretary of State of the United States in Joe Bidens administration. Blinken in his early days attended Dalton School in New York up to the year 1971. [123][124] Blinken did not rule out a military intervention to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Antony John Blinken was born on Monday, April 16, 1962 ( age 58 years; as of 2020 ), in Yonkers, New York City, New York, U.S. [68][69], On January 31, 2021, Blinken condemned the 2021 Myanmar coup d'tat and expressed grave concerns on the detention of government officials and civil society leaders, calling for their immediate release. [9][10] His paternal grandfather, Maurice Henry Blinken, was an early backer of Israel who studied its economic viability,[11] and his great-grandfather was Meir Blinken, a Yiddish writer. Later, he became a partner of Pine Island Capital Partners, a private equity firm; however, to serve as a senior foreign policy advisor with the Biden campaign, Blinken recused himself from the firm. Apart from being an investment banker, his father was also the board chairman of the State University of New York from 1978 to 1990 who later served as ambassador to Hungary. Somepeople would call it a painting, but I would call it a picture., Antony Blinken pictured in the 1980 year book of the cole Jeannine Manuel, HeWanted to know. Like when I go home or my daughter went to . From 2009 to 2013, Blinken served as deputy assistant to the president and national security advisor to the vice president. [5]Jewish Virtual Library In the summer of 1987, Blinken worked as a summer associate in the law offices of Rogers & Wells in New York, and later, he also practiced law in Paris. [3][4] After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a consulting firm. [1] [125][126], Blinken has been critical of the Trump administration in aiding China to advance its own key strategic goals. Biden taps close confidante, longtime aide for secretary of state", "Maurice Blinken, 86; Early Backer of Israel", "Yiddish and the UkrainianJewish roots of the new U.S. Secretary of State", "The World According to Tony Blinken in the 1980s", "President-elect Joe Biden Nominates Harvard Affiliates to Top Executive Positions", "Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken '88 Speaks at Annual D.C. And the dad of two was confirmed as Joe Biden's Secretary of Stateby the Senate in a 7822 vote on January 26, 2021. Personal Birth date: April 16, 1962 Birth place: Yonkers, New York Birth name: Antony John Blinken Father: Donald. Blinken attended law school at Columbia University in New York City in the 1980s. Tony navigated those two universes. [18]Financial Times jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_301314_1_18').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_301314_1_18', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], }); Follow us on our social media channels to stay connected. Antony Blinken r son till affrsmannen och diplomaten Donald M. Blinken (fdd 1925) och Judith Frehm. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Blinken, along with the work of Special Presidential Envoy of Hostage Affairs Roger D. Carstens, has negotiated the release of over a dozen Americans wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad including Trevor Reed, Danny Fenster, Baquer Namazi, the entire Citgo Six, Osman Khan, Matthew John Heath, Mark Frerichs, and Jorge Alberto Fernndez. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. [96][97] He, along with the United Nations Security Council, called for full adherence to the truce and stressed the immediate need for humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians while reiterating the need for a two-state solution. [144] In 2002, Blinken and Evan Ryan were married in an interfaith ceremony officiated by a rabbi and a priest at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, D.C.[20][5] They have two children. On Saturday March 2 2002 at 300 pm Antony Blinken married Evan Maureen Ryan a 30-year-old colleague from a DC-area middle-class Irish Catholic family and the daughter of Mr. [88], In late April 2021, Blinken denounced the sentencing of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Jimmy Lai, Albert Ho, and Lee Cheuk-yan among others, for their roles in the 2019 Hong Kong protests, calling it a "politically-motivated" decision. Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American government official and diplomat serving as the 71st United States secretary of state since January 26, 2021. His mother, Judith Pisar, is the president of Arts France-USA, a nonprofit organization that promotes French-American cultural relations. Blinkers were born to Jewish parents. [92], In May 2021, Blinken traveled to London and Reykjavk for the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' meeting and the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting respectively. What we want - we need security. [1] In 1971, he moved to Paris, France along with his divorced mother and her new husband, Holocaust survivor and lawyer, Samuel Pisar. And the dad of two was confirmed as Joe Biden's Secretary of Stateby the Senate in a 7822 vote on January 26, 2021. That was the reaction of my French-speaking daughter when she heard, for the first time, Blinken speak French. Mr. Blinken first met Ms. Ryan in 1995 at the White House, where he was a special assistant to President Bill Clinton and the senior director for speechwriting, and Ms. Ryan was special assistant to Mrs. Clintons chief of staff. "It will be inspiring for working parents everywhere to see Americas top diplomat in action as he also helps raise two toddlers. The parents, who married in March 2002, have kept their offspring out of the public eye and don't post about them on social media. In an interview, his father, Donald M. Blinken, commented on Tonys filmmaking ambition, he said. Donald Blinken died peacefully at his home in East Hampton, Long Island, a State Department official said. According to Blinken,he played ice hockey in high school. According to Rabbi Harold White, who co-officiated with a Catholic priest, At first his mother was quite skeptical about it.. His mother, Judith, is from Paris, while his father, Donald M. Blinken, is from New York. How is thet even possible, giving his familys history? [5], In his monograph Ally versus Ally: America, Europe, and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis (1987), Blinken argued that exerting diplomatic pressure on the Soviet Union during the Siberian pipeline crisis was less significant for American interests than maintaining strong relations between the United States and Europe. Please explain why my daughter, a U.S. citizens living abroad in Thailand, is unable to have made available to her as well as other U.S. citizens either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines? Some people would call it a painting, but I would call it a picture., Tony was an American in Paris and both terms are key. In 2017, he starteda political strategy advising firm, WestExec Advisors, along withMichle Flournoy, Sergio Aguirre, and Nitin Chadda. [56], During the final stretch of Biden's presidential campaign, Pine Island raised $218million for a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), a public offering to invest in "defense, government service and aerospace industries" and COVID-19 relief, which the firm's prospectus (initially filed with the U.S. SEC in September and finalized on November 13, 2020) predicted would be profitable as the government looked to private contractors to address the pandemic. Donald M. Blinken and Judith Blinken were his parents. [8]Washington Life, An old photo of Antony Blinken and his wife Evan Ryan. Evan Ryan has also served as the assistant for intergovernmental affairs and public liaison for Vice President Joe Biden. [30], From 2009 to 2013, Blinken was Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President. #IDG. [119] He criticized former president Trump's withdrawal of the U.S. from the international nuclear agreement with Iran and expressed support for a "longer and stronger" nuclear deal. GLIMPSES: Lavrov's quick entrance and exit at United Nations [55] Thain said he chose the other partners because of their "access, network and expertise". "[79], In February 2021, Blinken condemned ethnic cleansing in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia and called for the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces and other fighters. 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There are no concrete findings on who her daughter is. On November 7, 2014, Antony Blinken replaced the retiring William Joseph Burns as the Deputy Secretary, and on December 16, 2014, he was confirmed as Deputy Secretary of State by the Senate. Initially, he worked in law before transitioning into politics. . Antony Blinken was born in Yonkers, New York, on April 16, 1962. [133] He opposed Turkish president Recep Erdogan's call for "a two-state solution in Cyprus", saying the Biden administration is committed to the reunification of Cyprus. While growing up in New York City, Blinken attended the prestigious Dalton School. [128][129] He indicated a desire to welcome political refugees from Hong Kong and stated that the Biden administration's commitment to Taiwan's defense would "absolutely endure", and that China's use of military force against Taiwan "would be a grievous mistake on their part". [6] He then moved to Paris with his mother Judith and Samuel Pisar, whom she married following her divorce from Blinken. Reportedly, it was during this time that Blinken came close to Joe Biden for the first time, and Blinken went on to actively campaign for Joe Bidens presidential campaign in 2008; however, after Bidens unsuccessful run, Blinken became a member of the Obama-Biden presidential transition team. His mother, Judith Pisar, is the president of Arts France-USA, a nonprofit organization that promotes French-American cultural relations. Later, Blinken became close to Obama, and Obama inducted him into an integral part of a small circle of national security experts. Trapped and 13 soldiers killed och Judith Frehm a United Nations envoy to Western Sahara and French Chinese... Och diplomaten Donald M. Blinken and wife Evan Ryan urgency in appointing a United Nations envoy to Western.... 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