Randolph M. Bell

Randolph Marshall Bell ( born 1947 ) is an American diplomat.

Training

Randolph Bell graduated from the College of William & Mary and the University of Cambridge.

Diplomatic career

In 1972, he joined the Foreign Service of the United States. In the course of his first diplomatic activities he came to Frankfurt, Prague and Vienna. He completed his research of the Extended Eastern European Studies at the Foreign Service Institute and attended the National Defense University ( NDU ) in Washington. From 1984 to 1985 Bell was assigned to the Office of Defense, where he worked in the political affairs of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Between 1985 and 1988, was positioned as political and economic advisor in Prague, and from 1989 until 1993 as a political adviser in Brussels. 1993 to 1996 he headed the Department of Russian and Eurasian Affairs in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR).

Based on his work as head of the Office for the UK, Ireland and Benelux Affairs from 1996 to 1999 and head of Austria, Germany and Switzerland offices from 2000 to 2002, Bell was able to acquire an excellent knowledge of transatlantic relations.

Commitment to dealing with the past

Randolph Bell made ​​a significant contribution in the wake of EU sanctions against Austria, by assuring that the U.S. government would treat Austria fair. In 2000, Bell worked as part of the Austrian-American negotiations on the bilateral agreements redress for forced and slave laborers during World War II closely with the Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Stuart Eizenstat E. together.

In addition, he was active at the 2001 restitution negotiations of " aryanised " possessions that were confiscated at the time of the Nazis. In his subsequent work as head of the Holocaust Department at the U.S. State Department 's expertise was invaluable in the implementation of the two agreements.

Others

Currently, Randolph Bell, among others, managing director of the ' World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond ', a board member of the ' Council for America's First Freedom ' and official supporter of the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond.

Bell speaks German, French and Czech, is married and has a son.

Honors and Awards

• Bell was awarded four times alone and once in a group with the Department of State 's Superior Honor Award.
• On 25 February 2004 Bell was awarded the Grand Silver Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria by the Austrian Ambassador Eva Nowotny in Washington.