# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arnold-kanter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:45:00.374Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arnold-kanter"
name: "Arnold Kanter"
slug: "arnold-kanter"
description: "Arnold Lee Kanter was an American expert in U.S. foreign policy who served as acting United States Secretary of State following the resignation of the previous United States Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger at midnight on January 20, 1993, until his own resignation at noon that same day. He had previously served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 1991 to 1993. Kanter also held a position on the White House staff from 1989 to 1991 as Special Assistant to the President and served in a variety of capacities in the State Department from 1977 to 1985. Kanter served on the faculty of both Ohio State University and the University of Michigan, and also worked for several years in the 1980s at the RAND Corporation."
tagline: "U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1945-2010)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1945-02-27"
deathDate: "2010-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.471814666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Arnold Kanter"
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    title: "ارنولد كانتر"
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    title: "阿諾德·坎特爾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Kanter"
    title: "Arnold Kanter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Kanter"
    title: "Arnold Kanter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q695549"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump