Rita Hauser
| Rita Hauser | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council | |
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In office February 1969 – March 1972 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Morris Abram |
| Succeeded by | Philip Hoffman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 12, 1934 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Hunter College University of Strasbourg Harvard University University of Paris New York University |
| Religion | Judaism |
Rita Eleanor Hauser (born July 12, 1934 in New York) is an international lawyer known for persuading Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization to renounce violence in 1988. She also served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights from 1969 to 1972.George W. Bush appointed her to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board in 2001, serving through 2004, and she was appointed again by Barack Obama in 2009.
Born of Jewish parents, Hauser was the elder of two daughters of Nathan and Frieda (Litt) Abrams, Rita Eleanor (Abrams).
In 1954 she received a B.A. from Hunter College in New York, after which she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for graduate work in France, which eventually resulted in receiving a doctorate in political economy from the University of Strasbourg. She attended Harvard Law School for a while, then received a License en droit from the University of Paris (a rarity for an American) in 1958, then later received an LL.B. in 1959 from the New York University School of Law.
Hauser served as cochair of "New Yorkers for Nixon" during Richard Nixon’s successful 1968 presidential campaign. She then became the United States representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1969–1972). She also served as a member of the United States delegation to the twenty-fourth UN General Assembly.
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