Elliott Abrams
1948 – ? American Assistant Secretary of State
State Department official convicted in the Iran-Contra affair.
- Religion
- Jewish
- Affiliations
- Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs under Reagan; pleaded guilty to withholding information from Congress in the Iran-Contra affair.
Elliott Abrams was Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs during the Reagan administration and a strong supporter of the Nicaraguan Contras. He pleaded guilty to withholding information from Congress about the Iran-Contra affair and was later pardoned. He continued to hold senior foreign policy posts in later administrations.