Editing Tim Wirth (section)

{{Short description|American politician}}
{{redirect|Senator Wirth|the New Mexico Senate member|Peter Wirth (politician)}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Tim Wirth
| image               = Tim Wirth 1986.jpg
| caption             = Wirth in 1986
| office              = [[Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs]]
| president           = [[Bill Clinton]]
| term_start          = May 12, 1994
| term_end            = December 23, 1997
| predecessor         = Position established
| successor           = [[Frank E. Loy]]
| office1             = 25th [[Counselor of the United States Department of State|Counselor of the Department of State]]
| president1          = [[Bill Clinton]]
| term_start1         = April 23, 1993
| term_end1           = April 30, 1994
| predecessor1        = [[Robert Zoellick]]
| successor1          = [[Wendy Sherman]] (1997)
| jr/sr2              = United States Senator
| state2              = [[Colorado]]
| term_start2         = January 3, 1987
| term_end2           = January 3, 1993
| predecessor2        = [[Gary Hart]]
| successor2          = [[Ben Nighthorse Campbell]]
| state3              = [[Colorado]]
| district3           = {{ushr|CO|2|2nd}}
| term_start3         = January 3, 1975
| term_end3           = January 3, 1987
| predecessor3        = [[Donald G. Brotzman|Donald Brotzman]]
| successor3          = [[David Skaggs]]
| birth_name          = Timothy Endicott Wirth
| birth_date          = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1939|9|22}}}}
| birth_place         = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| relations           = [[John Wirth (historian)|John Wirth]] (brother)<br>[[Peter Wirth (politician)|Peter Wirth]] (nephew)
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = Wren Winslow
| children            = 2
| education           = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])<br>[[Stanford University]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| allegiance          = {{flag|United States}}
| branch              = {{army|United States}}
| serviceyears        = 1961–1967
| unit                = [[United States Army Reserve]]
}}

'''Timothy Endicott Wirth''' (born September 22, 1939) is an American politician from [[Colorado]] who served as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] in both the [[United States Senator|United States Senate]] (1987–1993) and the [[United States House of Representatives]] (1975–1987). He also served in several appointed roles in government, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education during the [[Nixon Administration]] and [[Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs]] for the [[U.S. Department of State|U.S. State Department]] during the [[Clinton Administration]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unfoundation.org/who-we-are/board/timothy-e-wirth.html |title=United Nations Foundation– Timothy E. Wirth (U.S.A.) |website=Unfoundation.org |date=1992-08-09 |access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref> From 1998 to 2013, he served as the president of the [[United Nations Foundation]], and currently sits on the Foundation's board.