Melvyn Levitsky is a United States

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 diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bulgaria

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 (1984-87) and Brazil

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 (1994-98).

From 1989 to 1993 he served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters. In 2003, he became a board member of the International Narcotics Control Board

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He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy

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. He is also on the Advisory Board of the Global Panel Foundation.