Paul Bremer

Paul Bremer

"We're going to be on the ground in Iraq as soldiers and citizens for years. We're going to be running a colony almost."
(Bremer at a gathering of business leaders in Cincinnati shortly before the U.S. invasion)

Like a Bat Out of Iraq

The hasty transfer of sovereignty to Iraq leaves the relatively powerless interim government hamstrung by escalating violence and financial disarray. In a move highlighting the severe threat the insurgency poses to security in Iraq, chief U.S. administrator Paul Bremer formally transferred sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government two days early.
The Progress Report. Posted June 28, 2004

Corporate Connections/Business Interests

• Air Products and Chemicals, Inc : Board of Directors
• Akzo Nobel NV : Board of Directors
• Marsh Crisis Consulting : Chairman and CEO until 2003
• Kissinger Group : Former Managing Director
• Economic Club of New York : Board of Trustees