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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Mickey Kantor
| name               = Mickey Kantor
|image       = MichaelKantor (cropped).jpg
| image               = MichaelKantor (cropped).jpg
|office       = 31st [[United States Secretary of Commerce]]
| office             = 31st [[United States Secretary of Commerce]]
|president   = [[Bill Clinton]]
| president           = [[Bill Clinton]]
|term_start   = April 12, 1996
| term_start         = April 12, 1996
|term_end     = January 21, 1997
| term_end           = January 21, 1997
|predecessor = [[Ron Brown]]
| predecessor         = [[Ron Brown]]
|successor   = [[William M. Daley|Bill Daley]]
| successor           = [[William M. Daley|Bill Daley]]
|office1     = 11th [[United States Trade Representative]]
| office1             = 11th [[United States Trade Representative]]
|president1   = [[Bill Clinton]]
| president1         = [[Bill Clinton]]
|term_start1 = January 22, 1993
| term_start1         = January 22, 1993
|term_end1   = April 12, 1996
| term_end1           = April 12, 1996
|predecessor1 = [[Carla Anderson Hills|Carla Hills]]
| predecessor1       = [[Carla Anderson Hills|Carla Hills]]
|successor1   = [[Charlene Barshefsky]]
| successor1         = [[Charlene Barshefsky]]
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1939|8|7}}
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1939|8|7}}
|birth_place = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| birth_place         = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_date   =  
| death_date         =  
|death_place =  
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|party       = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse       = {{plainlist|
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Valerie Woods||1978|end=d}}
* {{marriage|Valerie Woods||1978|end=d}}
* {{marriage|Heidi Schulman|1982}}
* {{marriage|Heidi Schulman|1982}}
}}
}}
|children     = 4
| children           = 4
|branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}
| branch             = {{flag|United States Navy}}
|education   = [[Vanderbilt University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Georgetown University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| education           = [[Vanderbilt University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Georgetown University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| office2            = Head of the "Clinton-Gore Pre-Transition Planning Foundation"/"Clinton–Gore Presidential Transition Planning Foundation"<ref name="CRS1">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Stephanie |title=CRS Report for Congress Presidential Transitions |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30736.pdf |publisher=Congressional Research Service |access-date=29 January 2021 |date=11 February 2008}}</ref><ref name="blanks">{{cite web |title=Clinton fills in healthcare blanks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313080583 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Indianapolis News |access-date=2 February 2021 |language=en | url-access=subscription |date=25 Sep 1992}}</ref><ref name="vox">{{cite web |last1=Skinner |first1=Richard |title=Bill Clinton set a bad example with his transition |url=https://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2016/10/7/13143186/bill-clinton-transition-bad |website=Vox |access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en |date=7 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="secretlyplanning">{{cite web |last1=Bennett |first1=Susan |title=Clinton team secretly planning transition |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/656559784 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) m|agency=Knight-Ridder News Service |access-date=18 May 2021 |language=en |url-access=subscription |date=27 Oct 1992}}</ref>
| predecessor2        = ''Office established''
| successor2          = ''Office abolished''
| termstart2          = August 1992
| termend2            = 20 January 1993
}}
}}


Latest revision as of 20:12, 21 June 2025

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Michael Kantor (born August 7, 1939) is an American attorney who served as the United States Trade Representative from 1993 to 1996 and United States Secretary of Commerce in 1996 and 1997.

Early life and education

Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Kantor comes from a family of Jewish furniture retailers led by his parents, including his father, Henry Kantor.[1] Kantor earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business and economics from Vanderbilt University in 1961. He then served four years as a supply officer in the United States Navy and subsequently earned a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University in 1968.[2]

Career

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Kantor with President Bill Clinton in 1993

Initially, Kantor worked for the Legal Services Corporation, providing legal assistance to migrant farm workers. From 1976 to 1993, he practiced law with the Los Angeles law firm of Manatt, Phelps, Phillips & Kantor (now Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP), and was active in Democratic politics and fundraising. He formerly served and is founder of the LA Conservation Corps.[3]

An advocate of free trade, Kantor, as Trade Representative, led U.S. negotiations that created the World Trade Organization (WTO), such as the Uruguay Round, and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Kantor also engaged in organizing the Miami Summit of the Americas and three meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, including the U.S.-hosted First Leaders' Meeting. With the European Commission of the newly formed European Union, he expanded the trans-Atlantic market.

Kantor became United States Secretary of Commerce on April 12, 1996, succeeding Ron Brown, who had been killed in the 1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash.[4]

Kantor practices law in the Los Angeles office of Mayer Brown,[5] an international law firm based in Chicago. He is the board of directors co-chair of Vision to Learn[6] and the University of Southern California Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy;[7] a board officer of Drug Strategies;[8] a leadership council member of the Sargent Shriver Center on Poverty Law;[9] a steering committee member of Japan House;[10] and a board member of Lexmark International, Inc.[11] and the Pacific Council on International Policy.[12]

Personal life and honors

Kantor has been married to broadcast journalist Heidi Schulman since 1982, following the death of his first wife, Valerie Woods Kantor in a 1978 plane crash in San Diego.[13][14] He has three children. Another son, Russell, died in a single-car crash in October, 1988, while a senior in high school.[14]

He formerly served on the board of directors of CBRE,[15] board of visitors for Georgetown Law,[16] and international advisory board for FleishmanHillard.[17] Kantor was awarded the Order of the Southern Cross by the government of Brazil in 2001.[18]

See also

References

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