Ryan Crocker - Honors

Honors

Crocker has received a Presidential Distinguished Service Award in 1994, the State Department Secretary's Distinguished Service Award in 2008, and the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award in 1997 and 2008. He also holds the State Department Distinguished Honor Award, Award for Valor, three Superior Honor Awards and the American Foreign Service Association Rivkin Award.

Crocker was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush on January 15, 2009; the citation read:

For nearly four decades, Ryan Crocker has advanced our nation's interests and ideals around the world. Embodying the highest principles of the United States Foreign Service, he has cultivated and enhanced our relations with pivotal nations. Following the attacks of September 11th, 2001, he worked to build a worldwide coalition to combat terrorism and help millions of oppressed people travel the path to liberty and democracy. The United States honors Ryan C. Crocker for his courage, his integrity, and his unwavering commitment to strengthening our nation and building a freer and more peaceful world.

When he stepped down in July 2012 as Ambassador in Kabul, Crocker was named an Honorary Marine by the United States Marine Corps.


Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
John Thomas McCarthy
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon
1990 – 1993
Succeeded by
Mark Gregory Hambley
Preceded by
Edward William Gnehm, Jr.
U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait
1994 – 1997
Succeeded by
James A. Larocco
Preceded by
Christopher W.S. Ross
U.S. Ambassador to Syria
1998 – 2001
Succeeded by
Theodore H. Kattouf
Preceded by
Nancy Jo Powell
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan
2004 – 2007
Succeeded by
Anne W. Patterson
Preceded by
Zalmay Khalilzad
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
March 26, 2007 - May 2009
Succeeded by
Christopher R. Hill
Preceded by
Karl Eikenberry
U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
2011 - July 2012
Succeeded by
James B. Cunningham

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