Ambassador Peter W. Galbraith

Peter W. Galbraith was the first United States Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, having presented his credentials to President Franjo Tudjman on June 28, 1993. Ambassador Galbraith was actively involved in the Bosnia and Croatia peace processes. He participated in the 1993 and 1994 negotiations that led to the March 1994 signing of the Washington Agreement ending the Muslim-Croat war and creating the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In 1994 and 1995, he was one of the sponsors of the Z-4 Croatia peace process that produced the March 29, 1994 Cease-fire Agreement and the December 2, 1994 Economic Agreement between the Croatian Government and the Krajina Serbs. He was a principal co-author of the Z-4 plan for a political settlement in Croatia and served with Thorvald Stoltenberg as co-mediator of the Eastern Slavonia negotiations. This effort culminated in the November 12, 1995 Erdut Agreement providing for the peaceful reintegration of the area into Croatia. From 1979 until 1993, Peter Galbraith was a senior advisor to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with major responsibilities for the Near East and South Asia and the Foreign Relations Authorization legislation. Ambassador Galbraith uncovered and documented Saddam Hussein’s genocidal campaign against the Iraqi Kurds in the late 1980s, leading to sanctions legislation against Iraq and later contributing to the decision to create a safe-haven for the Kurds. His work on behalf of human rights and democracy in Pakistan earned him that country’s high civilian award, the Sitari-i-Quad-Azam. Ambassador Galbraith holds an A.B. from Harvard College, M.A. from Oxford University, and a J.D. from Georgetown University. He is married to Tone Rand Bringa and has two children.

Ambassador Galbraith's mission in Croatia terminated in January 1998.