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{{Short description|American government official (1989–1993)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| office              = 11th [[Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research]]
| term_start          = June 9, 1989
| term_end            = January 19, 1993
| preceded            = [[Morton I. Abramowitz]]
| succeeded           = [[Toby T. Gati]]
| birth_date          = May 27, 1929
| death_date          = July 20, 2018
| birth_place         = [[Arlington, South Dakota]]
| education           = [[Michigan State University]] (BA, MA)
}}
'''Douglas Paul Mulholland''' (May 27, 1929 – July 20, 2018) was an American government official who was the U.S. [[Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research]] from 1989 to 1993.<ref name="obit">{{cite news |title=DOUGLAS MULHOLLAND |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=douglas-mulholland&pid=189881236 |newspaper=Washington Post |accessdate=7 October 2020}}</ref>
==Biography==
Mulholland was born in [[Arlington, South Dakota]] on May 27, 1929. He was educated at [[Michigan State University]], receiving a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1955 and an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in 1956. After college, he joined the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. In 1978, he became Director of the CIA's Office of Current Operations. In 1979, he became an Inspector in the [[Central Intelligence Agency Office of Inspector General]], a post he held until 1982. From 1982 to 1987, he was Special Assistant to the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] for National Security.
During the [[1988 United States presidential election|1988 presidential election]] campaign, Mulholland was an analyst for domestic policy and research for [[George H. W. Bush]]'s presidential campaign. In 1989, President Bush nominated Mulholland as [[Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research]], and Mulholland held this office from June 9, 1989, until January 19, 1993.
Mulholland died on July 20, 2018, at the age of 89.<ref name="obit"/>
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==External links==
*[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=16709 President Bush's Nomination of Mulholland as Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research]
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years=June 9, 1989 &ndash; January 19, 1993
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