Karl Eikenberry Politician

Karl Winfrid Eikenberry (born 1951) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general and former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. He is currently the William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), a Distinguished Fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), and an affiliated faculty member of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and The Europe Center at Stanford University. In addition to his work at Stanford, Eikenberry is on the board of The Asia Foundation, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, and Turquoise Mountain Foundation. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Academy of Diplomacy, and the Council of American Ambassadors and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Class of 2012).

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1951
Education	Stanford University Harvard University United States Military Academy

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Office holder

military operations	War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
military rank	Lieutenant general (United States)
office	United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
president	Barack Obama
successor	Ryan Crocker