Stuart E. Eizenstat Named Special Adviser to the Secretary on Holocaust Issues

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following news release:

Secretary Kerry has appointed Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat, a former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, and Ambassador to the European Union, and currently with the law firm of Covington & Burling, as his Special Adviser on Holocaust Issues.

Ambassador Eizenstat held the same advisory position for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Ambassador Eizenstat brings with him extensive experience in resolving Holocaust claims and related disputes. As the Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State on Holocaust-era issues during the administration of President Clinton, he negotiated landmark agreements with the Swiss, Germans, Austrians, French, and others covering the restitution of property, compensation payments to slave and forced laborers, recovery of looted art and bank accounts, and payment of insurance policies.

As the Secretary's Special Adviser, Ambassador Eizenstat's principal task will be to offer policy advice on contemporary Holocaust-related matters. He will do so in close coordination with the Department of State's Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, Douglas Davidson, in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and with the Office of International Claims and Investment Disputes in the Office of the Legal Adviser.

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