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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 Chargéd'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]
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 Chargéd'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]
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