Kermit Roosevelt Jr. was an American intelligence officer who served in the Office of Strategic Services during and following World War II. A grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, Roosevelt went on to establish American Friends of the Middle East and then played a lead role in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)'s efforts to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh, the prime minister of Iran, in August 1953.
- Occupation
- writer, businessperson, lobbyist, spy
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 16, 1916
- Died
- June 8, 2000
