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John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American lawyer and diplomat who has served in several Republican administrations. Bolton served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from August 2005 until December 2006 as a recess appointee by President George W. Bush. He resigned in December 2006, when the recess appointment would have otherwise ended, because he was unlikely to win Senate confirmation. Bolton is currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), senior advisor for Freedom Capital Investment Management, a Fox News Channel commentator, and of counsel to the Washington, D.C. law firm Kirkland & Ellis. He was a foreign policy adviser to 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Bolton is also involved with a number of politically conservative think tanks and policy institutes, including the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), the Institute of East-West Dynamics, the National Rifle Association, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, the Council for National Policy (CNP) and the Gatestone Institute, where he serves as the organization Chairman.

John Robert Bolton, född 20 november 1948 i Baltimore, Maryland, är en amerikansk politiker (republikan) och diplomat som var USA:s FN-ambassadör 2005–2006. Den 7 mars 2005 nominerades han av president George W. Bush som USA:s FN-ambassadör. Boltons nominering godkändes aldrig av den amerikanska senaten vilket gjorde att presidenten tillsatte honom under senatens semesteruppehåll. Den 4 december 2006 meddelade Vita huset att Bolton valt att avgå. Bolton är en kontroversiell politiker och har bland annat kritiserats för sin kritiska hållning gentemot FN.