Martin Indyk
American diplomat
Martin Sean Indyk (July 1, 1951 – July 25, 2024) was an Australian-American diplomat and foreign relations analyst with expertise in the Middle East.
Indyk was a distinguished fellow in International Diplomacy and later executive vice president at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. from 2001 to 2018.
Indyk served twice as United States Ambassador to Israel (1995–1997; 2000–2001) and also as Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs during the Clinton Administration.
Background
Martin Indyk was born in 1951 in London, England, to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Poland. His mother had lived in Mandatory Palestine before emigrating to New Zealand while his father emigrated to Australia and settled in Sydney. His father was studying medicine in London at the time of his birth. The family settled in Australia during his childhood, and Indyk grew up in the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag. His older brother is the Australian academic and publisher Ivor Indyk.
Indyk graduated from the University of Sydney in 1972 with a Bachelor of Economics. He then moved to Israel for postgraduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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