BAKER, JAMES

Baker, James: translation

(1930- )

   Secretary of state under President George H. W. Bush (January 1989-August 1992) of the United States who played a central role in encouraging Israel not to respond to 39 Iraqi Scud missile attacks during the Persian Gulf War (1991) and in facilitating the Madrid Middle East Peace Conference (October 1991). He wrote about his Arab-Israeli peacemaking experiences in The Politics of Diplomacy (1995).

   See also Arab-Israeli Conflict.