What is Alan Blinken?
[[File:Alan Blinken.jpg|right|200px]] '''Alan John Blinken''' (born 1937) is an American businessman and politician. He was the [[United States Ambassador to Belgium|U.S. Ambassador]] to [[Belgium]] from 1993 to 1997 during the [[Bill Clinton]] presidency. He was born in [[New York City]]. Blinken was also the [[2002 United States Senate election in Idaho|2002]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee for [[Idaho]] [[United States Senator]], losing to [[Larry Craig]]. He is the brother of U.S. Ambassador [[Donald M. Blinken]] and the uncle of [[United States Secretary of State]] [[Antony Blinken]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=KleinNovember 23|first1=David Ian|last2=2020|title=Tony Blinken: advocate for Israel's Iron Dome, formed by a story of Holocaust rescue|url=https://forward.com/news/459021/tony-blinken-advocate-for-israels-iron-dome-formed-by-a-story-of-holocaust/|access-date=2020-11-23|website=The Forward|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blinken, Alan}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States]] [[Category:Politicians from New York City]] [[Category:Businesspeople from New York City]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]]