{{short description|American diplomat}} {{Multiple issues| {{notability|1=Biographies|date=December 2021}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2023}} }} {{infobox officeholder | name = Nicholas R. Berliner | image = Nicholas Berliner.jpg | caption = official portrait, 2019 | office = Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia at the National Security Council | president = Joe Biden | term_start = February 21, 2023 | term_end = 2025 | predecessor = Eric Green | birth_name = | birth_place = | birth_date = | education = Georgetown University (MA) Vassar College (BA) | children = 3 | footnotes = | office2 = Director of the Office of Russian Affairs | term_end2 = July 2019 | term_start2 = August 2017 | office1 = Deputy Assistant Secretary | term_end1 = February 17, 2023 | term_start1 = September 6, 2022 | awards = Presidential Meritorious Rank Award (2021) | spouse = Alemka Berliner }}
'''Nicholas R. Berliner''' is an American diplomat who most recently served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia on the United States National Security Council under President Biden.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/16/biden-russia-nsc-ukraine-nicholas-berliner/ |title=Seasoned Russia Envoy Joins Biden's NSC |first1=Robbie |last1=Gramer |first2=Jack |last2=Detsch |date=2023-03-16 |website=FP |access-date=2023-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicholas Berliner |url=https://globalaffairs.org/research/experts/nicholas-berliner |access-date=2025-11-11 |website=globalaffairs.org |language=en}}</ref> Before acquiring these positions, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, where he was responsible for Russia, as well as non-proliferation, security assistance, and arms control from September 2022 to February 2023.<ref name="auto" />
He previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Belgium from 2019 to 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://be.usembassy.gov/dcm-nicholas-berliner/ |title=Deputy Chief of Mission Nicholas Berliner |website=U.S. Embassy in Belgium |publisher=United States Department of State |access-date=2023-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815000951/https://be.usembassy.gov/dcm-nicholas-berliner/ |archive-date=2022-08-15}}</ref>
== Education == In 1990, Berliner graduated from Vassar College with a Bachelor of Arts in History. In 1997, he attended Georgetown University in Washington D.C and received a Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) degree in 1999.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Nicholas R. Berliner |url=https://www.state.gov/people/nicholas-r-berliner/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Awards == In 2021, Berliner was awarded the Presidential Meritorious Rank Award by 46th U.S President Joe Biden.
== Personal life == He is married and has three children. He enjoys spending time outdoors and his hobbies include hiking, sailing, and biking. He is fluent in Spanish, French, Croatian, and Russian.<ref name="auto"/>
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