Steve R. Pieczenik is a Cuban-born American writer, publisher, psychiatrist, and former U.S. Department of State official. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under Henry Kissinger, Cyrus Vance and James Baker. He has been credited with devising successful negotiating strategies and tactics used in several high-profile hostage situations.
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Steve R. Pieczenik is a Cuban-born American writer, publisher, psychiatrist, and former U.S. Department of State official. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under Henry Kissinger, Cyrus Vance and James Baker. He has been credited with devising successful negotiating strategies and tactics used in several high-profile hostage situations. He claims to have been present at Camp David leading to the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1979. His educational history has been disputed by journalists who claim that he has inflated or falsified his credentials. He also claims to be the first psychiatrist ever to receive a PhD in international relations. In 1978 he was a special envoy for President Carter to Italy to assist in the search for Italy’s Prime Minister Aldo Moro. He is fluent in five languages, including Russian, Spanish and French.
He worked side by side with Police Chief Maurice J. Cullinane in the Washington, D. C. command center of Mayor Walter Washington during the 1977 Hanafi Siege. He served the presidential administrations of Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush as deputy assistant secretary. He currently lives in New York City with his wife and two children. He lives with his family in the Harlem area of New York, New York. The couple have a son and a daughter, both of whom are published authors and live in the New York area of the United States. They also have a daughter and a son-in-law who are both published writers and have lived in the U.K. since the 1980s. They have two sons and one daughter who are also published authors, and a grandson who is a published author.
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