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Also Known As Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke
Born April 24, 1941 • New York City • New York
Died December 13, 2010 (aged 69) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Role In Dayton Accords

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Holbrooke, Richard
Democratic congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland (left) and Richard Holbrooke (second left), the chief U.S. negotiator of the Dayton Accords, with Miodrag Pajić (centre), mayor of Brčko, Bosnia, 1996.
Holbrooke, Richard; Obama, Barack; and Biden, Joe
Holbrooke, Richard; Joulwan, George; and Solana, Javier
Gilani, Yousaf Raza
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