Stephen Seche
Stephen A. Seche | |
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Stephen A. Seche | |
United States Ambassador to Yemen | |
In office September 5, 2007 – September 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 2007 to September 2010.
Biography
Stephen Seche was born in 1952.[1] He received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1974.[2] 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.[2] From 1989 to 1993, he served as Information Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada.[2] From 1993 to 1997, he served as Press Attache at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India.[2] He studied Arabic at the Foreign Service Institute's Field School in Tunis for two years.[2]
From 1999 to 2002, Seche was Counselor for Public Affairs and Director of the American Cultural Center in Damascus, Syria.[2] 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.[2] 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.[3] He became the United States Ambassador to Yemen on September 5, 2007, up until September 2010. He is a Research Associate, at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University.[4]
Seche speaks Arabic, English, French and Spanish.[5]
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Diplomatic posts | ||
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Preceded by Margaret Scobey |
United States Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Syria 2005-2006 |
Succeeded by Michael H. Corbin |
Preceded by Thomas C. Krajeski |
United States Ambassador to Yemen 2007–2010 |
Succeeded by Gerald M. Feierstein |