About Rita Hauser
Born 1934. Rita Hauser is an American lawyer, diplomat and jurist.
Rita Eleanor Hauser (born July 12, 1934) is an international lawyer known for persuading Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization to renounce violence in 1988. George W. Bush appointed her to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board in 2001,
Biography Born of Jewish parents, Hauser was the elder of two daughters of Nathan and Frieda (Litt) Abrams, Rita Eleanor (Abrams).
In 1954 she received a B.A. from Hunter College in New York, after which she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for graduate work in France, which eventually resulted in receiving a doctorate in political economy from the University of Strasbourg.
For more than twenty years, Hauser was a senior partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in New York. Hauser supported Barack Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election.
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American diplomat
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Rita Hauser was born on 12 July 1934 in New York (state), New York City, United States.
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Rita Hauser is a lawyer, diplomat and jurist.
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Rita Hauser is American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Rita Hauser. https://biography.guide/rita-hauser/
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