Mr. Joseph DeTrani

Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks, U.S. Department of State

Joseph R. DeTrani was born in New York City and received his B.S. from New York University. He also attended NYU School of Law and NYU Graduate School of Business Administration. Mr. DeTrani was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and worked in the private sector as an economist before joining the CIA as an economic analyst. After serving as the Executive Assistant to Director William J. Casey, Mr. DeTrani was the Director of European Operations, Director of Technical Services, Director of Public Affairs, Director of the Crime and Narcotics Center and Director of East Asia Operations. He spent a number of years living in East Asia and the Middle East--Taiwan, Seoul, Hong Kong, Tehran, Rangoon and Beijing. Mr. DeTrani speaks Chinese and French.