conciliator

For discussions allow passion to subside; and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator, is a step in the direction of peace.

Albert Gobat - Nobel Lecture 1902

He was known as a conciliator in fractious times, diligently maintaining good relationships with people of all political stripes.

The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper 2010

A 61-year-old former judge, Somchai Wongsawat, is known as a conciliator, in sharp contrast to his combative predecessor - and the protesters 'original target - Samak Sundaravej, whom a court forced from office last week for taking pay to host TV shows.

New York Sun - All Articles 2008

Brasilia - Brazil is poised to become one of the 21st century's great powers, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told AFP, as he fended off international criticism of its role as a "conciliator" in dealings with Iran and Venezuela.

Mark Weisbrot: Morgenthau's Axis Debunked 2009

But, as usual, Cohen misses the real story, just like his earlier judgments that George W. Bush would be a "conciliator" and that "only a fool or possibly a Frenchman" would doubt Colin Powell's U.N. speech.

Consortiumnews.com 2009

But, as usual, Cohen misses the real story, just like his earlier judgments that George W. Bush would be a "conciliator" and that "only a fool or possibly a Frenchman" would doubt Colin Powell's U.N. speech.

Consortiumnews.com 2009

But, as usual, Cohen misses the real story, just like his earlier judgments that George W. Bush would be a "conciliator" and that "only a fool or possibly a Frenchman" would doubt Colin Powell's U.N. speech.

Consortiumnews.com 2009

In Asia, the U.S. role should be that of regional balancer and conciliator, replicating the role played by the U.K. in intra-European politics during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

As China Rises, A New U.S. Strategy Zbigniew Brzezinski 2011

The union and airline have held further talks, assisted by a federally appointed conciliator amid threats of a strike by mid-February.

Caterpillar, Rio Initiate Lockouts in Canada James R. Hagerty 2012

Presiding rather than leading, he followed the now recognizable script in casting himself the above-the-fray conciliator more interested in maintaining good will than making hard decisions.

Michael Brenner: Bare Bones Obama Michael Brenner 2011