Michael Punke
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Michael W. Punke (born December 7, 1964) is an American author, attorney, academic, and policy analyst. He is a former Deputy United States Trade Representative and U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2017, he became vice president for public policy at Amazon Web Services.
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Michael Punke | |
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United States Ambassador to the World Trade Organization | |
In office April 2010 – January 20, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Peter Allgeier |
Succeeded by | Dennis Shea |
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Born | (1964-12-07) December 7, 1964 (age 59) Torrington, Wyoming, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Traci Punke |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of Massachusetts, Amherst George Washington University (BA) Cornell University (JD) |
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Writing career | |
Period | 2002–present |
Genre | Western |
Notable work | The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge |
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As an author, Punke is best known for writing The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge (2002), which was adapted into film as The Revenant (2015), directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, with a screenplay by Iñárritu and Mark L. Smith, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.