High Representative appoints new Supervisor of Brcko District

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has yesterday appointed Ambassador Henry L. Clarke Supervisor of the District of Brcko.

An experienced negotiator, Ambassador Clarke was most recently the State Department’s Senior Advisor for Property Restitution dealing with the recovery of assets seized in the Holocaust.

During his work for the United States Foreign Service, he held a number of high levels posts, serving as Counselor for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Deputy Chief of Mission in Bucharest and Ambassador to Uzbekistan. From 1995 to 1998 Ambassador Clarke was the senior State Department official on the staff of the U.S. National War College.

The High Representative takes this opportunity to welcome Supervisor and Deputy High Representative Clarke and to wish him all the best in his new position, in which Ambassador Clarke will have the opportunity to follow up on the successful work of his predecessors in the Brcko District and promote the goals of the Dayton Peace Agreement.