Bruce J. Oreck
| Bruce Oreck | |
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| United States Ambassador to Finland | |
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In office September 10, 2009 – July 2015 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Michael Butler (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Charles Adams |
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| Born |
January 3, 1953 New York City, New York |
| Alma mater |
Johns Hopkins University Louisiana State University, Baton Rogue New York University |
Bruce J. Oreck (born January 3, 1953) was the U.S. Ambassador to Finland until July 2015.
Oreck holds a Bachelor of Arts from The Johns Hopkins University, and a Juris Doctorate from Louisiana State University, as well as a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University. He became a partner in a New Orleans law firm representing the oil and gas industry. In 1992 he founded his own firm, Oreck, Crighton, Adams & Chase.
Oreck has authored several books on taxation. He was one of the major contributors to Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008.
Idriss J. Aberkane and Eirin B. Haug at E-International Relations cited Oreck as a "vanguard green diplomat" advocating noopolitik and the Blue Economy:
"Here comes green diplomacy, here comes Noopolitik, here comes Oreck's [...] advice of turning a significant piece of the Department of Defense's gargantuan budget into a global investment for peace, prosperity, exemplarity and the Blue Economy rather than for destruction, just as Jimmy Carter had advised."
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