Stephen Seche
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Stephen A. Seche | |
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![]() Stephen A. Seche | |
United States Ambassador to Yemen | |
In office September 5, 2007 – May 17, 2010 | |
President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Thomas C. Krajeski |
Succeeded by | Gerald M. Feierstein |
United States Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Syria | |
In office 2005–2006 | |
Personal details | |
Profession | Diplomat |
Stephen A. Seche (born 1952) was the United States Ambassador to Yemen from September 2007 to May 2010.[1]
Biography
[edit]Stephen Seche was born in 1952.[2] He received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1974.[3] After working as a journalist for four years, he joined the Foreign Service in 1978. From 1978 to 1985, he was a diplomat in Guatemala, Peru and Bolivia.[3] From 1989 to 1993, he served as Information Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[3] From 1993 to 1997, he served as Press Attache at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India.[3] He studied Arabic at the Foreign Service Institute's Field School in Tunis for two years.[3]
From 1999 to 2002, Seche was Counselor for Public Affairs and Director of the American Cultural Center in Damascus, Syria.[3] From 2002 to 2005, he served as Director of the Office for Egypt and Levant Affairs at the Department of State in Washington, D.C.[3] From February 2005 to August 2006, he served as Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus. In 2006-2007, he taught at the University of Southern California as a visiting fellow.[4] He became the United States Ambassador to Yemen on September 5, 2007, up until September 2010. He was a research associate at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University.[5] Seche served as the executive vice president of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, DC from 2015 to 2020.[6][7][8]
Seche speaks Arabic, English, French and Spanish.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/seche-stephen-a
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- ^ a b c d e f g University of Massachusetts
- ^ http://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/about/bio_detail/060718_stephen_seche/
- ^ http://isd.georgetown.edu/116311.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "AGSIW Announces Leadership Changes". Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. 2020-12-14. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ "Ambassador Stephen A. Seche". Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ^ Ryan, Missy (April 17, 2019). "Trump's veto on Yemen war sets stage for continued stalemate, analysts say". The Washington Post.
- ^ Stephen Seche Biography, USC.
- Living people
- 1952 births
- University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Social and Behavioral Sciences alumni
- University of Southern California faculty
- Ambassadors of the United States to Yemen
- Ambassadors of the United States to Syria
- United States Department of State officials
- United States Foreign Service personnel