15 Facts About Michael Froman

Michael Braverman Goodman Froman was born on August 20,1962 and is an American lawyer who served as the US Trade Representative from 2013 to 2017.

Michael Froman was Assistant to the President of the United States and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, a position held jointly at the National Security Council and the National Economic Council.

Michael Froman later spoke at the BBYO International Convention in Washington, DC, in February 2013.

Michael Froman served as liaison of the American Bar Association's Central and East European Law Initiative legal assistance program in Albania.

Michael Froman was a member of the Forward Studies Unit of the European Commission in Brussels.

Between January 1993 and December 1995, Michael Froman was Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs on the United States National Economic Council, a position held jointly at the National Security Council and the National Economic Council.

Michael Froman was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Eurasia and the Middle East, where his work was related to economic policy towards the former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, as well as economic components of the Dayton Accords.

Michael Froman was a Senior Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations and a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund.

Michael Froman spent much of his career within the United States Department of the Treasury where he rose to Chief of Staff under Robert Rubin in January 1997 and served until July 1999.

Michael Froman was President and Chief Executive Officer of CitiInsurance and head of Emerging Markets Strategy at Citigroup, managing infrastructure and sustainable development investments.

Michael Froman received more than $7.4 million from January 2008 to 2009 alone.

In 2008 Michael Froman served on a 12-member advisory board of the Obama campaign's transition team, and joined the White House for a second run in 2009.

Michael Froman went back to the position he held during the Clinton years, as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs, at the National Security Council and the National Economic Council until 2013.

On May 2,2013, Michael Froman was nominated to serve as US Trade Representative.

In 2017, Michael Froman joined the Council on Foreign Relations as a distinguished fellow in the Washington, DC, office.