Fritz Ermarth

Fritz W. Ermarth (February 20, 1941 – January 19, 2022), was the Director of National Security Programs at the Nixon Center from 2002 to his death in 2022.^[1] He was also a part-time senior analyst for the Strategies Group at Science Applications International Corporation.

Fritz Ermarth
Chair of the National Intelligence Council
In office 1988–1993
President	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Frank Horton III
Succeeded by	Joseph Nye
Personal details
Born	February 20, 1941 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 19, 2022(2022-01-19) (aged 80)
Education	Wittenberg University (BA) Harvard University (MA)

Ermarth worked for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1973 until 1998,^[2] serving as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, as National Intelligence Officer for the USSR and East Europe and Director of the Strategic Evaluation Center. He has received both the Distinguished Intelligence Medal and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. Ermarth also served as Special Assistant to the President during the Ronald Reagan's presidency, as well as Senior Director of Soviet and European Affairs.^[1]

Following the 1990s looting of Russia, he stated "We have outright criminals at one end, but at the other end we call them statesmen."^[3]

Ermarth died on January 19, 2022.