John Philip Abizaid (lahir 1 April 1951) adalah seorang purnawirawan jenderal Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat dan mantan panglima U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). Ia menjabat sebagai Duta Besar Amerika Serikat untuk Arab Saudi dari 2019 sampai 2021.
John Abizaid | |
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| Duta Besar Amerika Serikat untuk Arab Saudi | |
| Masa jabatan 16 Juni 2019 – 20 Januari 2021 | |
| Presiden | Donald Trump |
Pendahulu Joseph W. Westphal Pengganti Martina Strong (pelaksana tugas) | |
| Panglima Komando Pusat Amerika Serikat | |
| Masa jabatan 7 Juli 2003 – 16 Maret 2007 | |
| Presiden | George W. Bush |
| Informasi pribadi | |
| Lahir | 1 April 1951 Redwood City, California, Amerika Serikat |
| Pendidikan | Akademi Militer Amerika Serikat (Sarjana) Universitas Harvard (Magistrat) |
| Karier militer | |
| Pihak | Amerika Serikat |
| Dinas/cabang | Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat |
| Masa dinas | 1973–2007 |
| Pangkat | Jenderal |
| Komando | 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 1st Infantry Division United States Military Academy United States Central Command |
| Pertempuran/perang | Perang Grenada Perang Teluk Persia Perang Bosnia Perang Kosovo Perang Afganistan Perang Irak |
| Penghargaan | Defense Distinguished Service Medal (3) Army Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (6) Bronze Star Officer of the Order of Australia |
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- Cloud, David; Greg Jaffe (2009). The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army. Random House.
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai John Abizaid.
- Interview with GEN(R) John Abizaid discussing September 11, 2001 on the West Point Center for Oral History http://www.westpointcoh.org/interviews/preparing-for-war-after-9-11 see also www.westpointcoh.org
- Interview with GEN(R) John Abizaid about his career on the West Point Center for Oral History http://www.westpointcoh.org/interviews/the-education-and-maturation-of-a-future-centcom-commander see also www.westpointcoh.org
- "Newsmaker: General John Abizaid" 2014-01-15 di Wayback Machine., PBS, March 4, 2004.
- John Abizaid bio at the Preventive Defense Project 2016-09-17 di Wayback Machine..
- "Centcom's Renaissance Man" 2012-07-16 di Wayback Machine., The Washington Post
- Paul de la Garza, "In Search of Ground Truth: CentCom chief Gen. John Abizaid crisscrosses the front lines to get intel on the war on terror....", St. Petersburg Times, September 3, 2006
- "Abizaid plans to leave post in March The Boston Globe, December 20, 2006
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