Editing Jonathan Howe (section)

{{Short description|United States Navy admiral}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Jonathan T. Howe
| image               = Jonathan howe.jpg
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| caption             = 
| office              = 18th [[Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)|United States Deputy National Security Advisor]]
| termstart           = November 7, 1991
| termend             = January 19, 1993
| predecessor         = [[Robert Gates]]
| successor           = [[Anthony Lake]]
| president           = [[George H. W. Bush]]
| office2             = 7th [[Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs|Director of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs]]
| termstart2          = May 10, 1982
| termend2            = July 1, 1984
| president2          = [[Ronald Reagan]]
| predecessor2        = [[Richard Burt]]
| successor2          = [[John T. Chain Jr.]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1935|8|24}}
| birth_place         = [[San Diego County, California]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| education           = [[United States Naval Academy]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br/>[[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| nickname            = 
| allegiance          = United States
| branch              = [[United States Navy]]
| serviceyears        = 1957–1992
| rank                = [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]]
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| unit                = 
| commands            = [[Allied Forces Southern Europe]]<br/>[[United States Naval Forces Europe]]<br/>[[Carrier Strike Group Nine|Cruiser-Destroyer Group Three]]<br/>Destroyer Squadron 31<br/>{{USS|Berkeley|DDG-15}}
| battles             = 
| mawards             = {{nowrap|[[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] (6)}}<br/>[[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]] (2)<br/>[[Defense Superior Service Medal]]<br/>[[Legion of Merit]] (3)
}}
'''Jonathan Trumbull Howe''' (born August 24, 1935) is a retired [[4-star rank|four-star]] [[United States Navy]] [[Admiral (United States)|admiral]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nixonfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Nixon-Legacy-Forum-The-Opening-to-China.pdf |title=Nixon Legacy Forum Transcript: The Opening to China |date=November 14, 2014 |website=Nixon Foundation}}</ref> He was the Special Representative for [[Somalia]] to [[United Nations Secretary-General]] [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]] from March 9, 1993, succeeding [[Ismat Kittani]] from Iraq, until his resignation in February 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/Depts/DPKO/Missions/unosom2b.htm |title=United Nations Operation in Somalia II – (UNISOM II) |accessdate=2006-11-15 |author=Department of Public Information, United Nations |date=1997-03-21}}</ref> During his time in Somalia he oversaw [[UNOSOM II]] operations including the [[Abdi House raid|'Bloody Monday']] raid which killed dozens and was a decisive turning point in the UNSOM II mission.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />

Howe was also the former [[Deputy National Security Advisor]] in the first [[George H. W. Bush|Bush]] Administration. He was also President of [[The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avdfdn.org/trustees.htm |title=Board of Trustees and Staff |accessdate=2006-11-15 |publisher=The Arthur Vining David Foundations |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004043702/http://www.avdfdn.org/trustees.htm |archivedate=2006-10-04 }}</ref>