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Lewis Paul Bremer III (born September 30, 1941) is a retired American diplomat. He was the second de facto head of state of Iraq as leader of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States, from May 2003 until June 2004.
L. Paul Bremer III (born Sept. 30, 1941, Hartford, Conn.) is a U.S. government official, who served as director of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq (2003–04). Bremer graduated from Yale University in 1963 and received an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1966.
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Mar 19, 2013 · Paul Bremer (Iraq administrator) THEN: With his full head of remarkably un-gray hair, Paul Bremer looked almost too young when in May 2003, about a month after the invasion was completed,...
Jul 5, 2013 · As the de facto ruler of Iraq, American diplomat Paul Bremer found himself the target of assassination attempts as he tried to get the country back on its feet following the 2003 invasion.
May 1, 2023 · Was Bremer's disbandment of the Iraqi army and de-Baathification of the government a disaster or a necessity? The article argues that Bremer's decisions helped avoid a Shia rebellion and secured the US' Iraq project.
Feb 24, 2023 · L. Paul Bremer, the first administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq from 2003 to 2004, defends his policies of de-Ba'athification and dissolution of the Iraqi army in a webinar interview. He argues that these decisions were essential for Iraq's stability and democracy, and refutes the criticism that they fueled the insurgency.
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Watch the full interview with the former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, who defends his controversial decisions on de-Baathification and disbanding the army. He also discusses his disagreements with the military, his requests for more troops, and his view of the Iraqi transition.
