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{{short description|American attorney, diplomat and statesman (1925–2011)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Warren Christopher | image = Warren Christopher.jpg | office = 63rd [[United States Secretary of State]] | president = [[Bill Clinton]] | deputy = [[Clifton R. Wharton Jr.]]<br>[[Strobe Talbott]] | term_start = January 20, 1993 | term_end = January 17, 1997 | predecessor = [[Lawrence Eagleburger]] | successor = [[Madeleine Albright]] | office1 = 5th [[United States Deputy Secretary of State]] | president1 = [[Jimmy Carter]] | term_start1 = February 26, 1977 | term_end1 = January 20, 1981 | predecessor1 = [[Charles W. Robinson]] | successor1 = [[William P. Clark Jr.]] | office2 = 9th [[United States Deputy Attorney General]] | president2 = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] | term_start2 = March 10, 1967 | term_end2 = January 20, 1969 | predecessor2 = [[Ramsey Clark]] | successor2 = [[Richard G. Kleindienst]] | birth_name = Warren Minor Christopher | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|10|27}} | birth_place = [[Scranton, North Dakota]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|3|18|1925|10|27}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | restingplace = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Joan Southgate Workman|June 14, 1949|1955|end=div}} * {{marriage|Marie Wyllis|1956}} }} | children = 4 | education = [[University of Redlands]]<br>[[University of Southern California]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Stanford University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) | signature = Warren Christopher Signature.svg | allegiance = United States | branch = [[United States Navy]] | rank = [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] | serviceyears = 1942–1946 | battles = [[World War II]] | caption = Official portrait, {{circa}} 1993 }} '''Warren Minor Christopher''' (October 27, 1925{{spaced ndash}}March 18, 2011) was an American attorney, diplomat and statesman who served as the 63rd [[United States secretary of state]] from 1993 to 1997. Born in [[Scranton, North Dakota]], Christopher clerked for [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] Justice [[William O. Douglas]] after graduating from [[Stanford Law School]]. He became a partner in the firm of [[O'Melveny & Myers]] and served as [[United States Deputy Attorney General|Deputy Attorney General]] from 1967 to 1969 under President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. He served as [[United States Deputy Secretary of State|Deputy Secretary of State]] under President [[Jimmy Carter]], holding that position from 1977 to 1981. In 1991, he chaired the [[Christopher Commission]], which investigated the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] in the wake of the [[Rodney King]] incident. During the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992 presidential election]], Christopher headed [[Bill Clinton]]'s [[1992 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection|search for a running mate]], and Clinton chose Senator [[Al Gore]]. After Clinton won the 1992 election, Christopher led [[Presidential transition of Bill Clinton|the Clinton administration's transition process]], and he took office as Secretary of State in 1993. As Secretary of State, Christopher sought to expand [[NATO]], broker peace in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], and pressure [[China]] regarding its [[human rights]] practices. He also helped negotiate the [[Dayton Agreement]], which ended the [[Bosnian War]]. He left office in 1997, and was succeeded by [[Madeleine Albright]]. Christopher oversaw the Gore campaign's [[2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida|Florida recount]] effort in the aftermath of the disputed [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]]. At the time of his death in 2011, he was a senior partner at O'Melveny & Myers in the firm's [[Century City, California]], office. He also served as a professor at the [[University of California at Los Angeles]].
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