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'''Frank George Wisner II''' (born July 2, 1938)<ref name=wharton-bio>{{cite web| url = http://www.whartonglobal.com/wgbf2003/india/wisner.asp |title= Frank G. Wisner | publisher= (Biography) Wharton Global Business Forum| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120521092640/http://www.whartonglobal.com/wgbf2003/india/wisner.asp | archivedate= May 21, 2012}}</ref> is an American businessman and former diplomat. He is the son of CIA official [[Frank Wisner]] (1909–1965). On January 31, 2011, he was sent to Egypt by President [[Barack Obama]] to negotiate a resolution to the [[2011 Egyptian protests|popular protests]] against the regime that have swept the country.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/jan/31/egypt-protests-live-updates |title=Egypt protests – Monday 31 January |work=The Guardian |date=January 31, 2011 }}</ref> A White House spokesman said that Wisner had vast experience in the region as well as close relationships with many Egyptians in and out of government. The New York Times reports that he is a personal friend of Egyptian president [[Hosni Mubarak]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/world/middleeast/02transition.html |title=Obama Urges Mubarak Not to Run Again |newspaper=New York Times |date=February 1, 2011 }}</ref> Speaking on the BBC on February 5, 2011, he exceeded statements issued by the White House to date and insisted that President Mubarak should be allowed to remain in office despite widespread calls for him to step down.
 
==Life and career==