Michael Fenzel

Michael R. Fenzel is a United States Army lieutenant general who serves as the United States Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority since November 2, 2021. He most recently served as the vice director for strategy, plans, and policy of the Joint Staff (J5). Before serving in that position, he was the Military Deputy to the Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation in the United States Department of State. During the attacks on 11 September 2001, Fenzel, as a major, served as a Director for Transnational Threats under Richard Clarke. He worked directly with Vice President Dick Cheney in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center throughout the crisis and liaised with Clarke.