Douglas Frantz | |
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28th Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs | |
In office September 3, 2013 – October 1, 2015 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Deputy | Valerie Fowler[1] |
Preceded by | Michael Hammer |
Succeeded by | John Kirby |
Personal details | |
Born | North Manchester, Indiana, U.S. | September 29, 1949
Spouse | Catherine Collins |
Alma mater | DePauw University Columbia University |
Douglas Frantz (born September 29, 1949 in North Manchester, Indiana)[2] is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning former investigative journalist and author, and served as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2015 to 2017.[3]
He resigned as Los Angeles Times Managing Editor in 2007 after blocking the publication of an article about the Armenian genocide; Frantz said his resignation was not related to the ensuing controversy.[4]