| LC control no. | no2013020516 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Stevens, John Christopher, 1960-2012 |
| Variant(s) | Stevens, Christopher, 1960-2012 Stevens, Chris, 1960-2012 Stevens, J. Christopher (John Christopher), 1960-2012 |
| Biography/History note | Christopher Stevens taught English as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco and worked as an international trade lawyer in Washington, DC. He joined the Foreign Service in 1991 and held various assignments overseas and in Washington, DC. His term of appointment as ambassador to Libya began on May 22, 2012. He was killed in the terrorist attacks on the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi on Sept. 11-12, 2012. |
| Associated country | U.S. Libya Morocco |
| Birth date | 19600418 |
| Death date | 20120912 |
| Place of birth | Grass Valley, Calif. |
| Place of death | Banghāzī, Libya |
| Field of activity | Diplomacy Foreign relations |
| Affiliation | University of California, Berkeley Peace Corps (U.S.) Hastings College of the Law United States. Department of State National War College (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Diplomats Ambassadors |
| Found in | Accountability Review Board report for Benghazi, 2012: PDF file, p. 1 (U.S. Ambassador to Libya, John Christopher Stevens) p. 26 (BMC [Benghazi Medical Center] personnel would later report that at approximately 0115 local on September 12, an unidentified, unrepsonsive male foreigner - subsequently identified as Ambassador Stevens - was brought to the emergency room. Although the Ambassador did not show signs of life upon arrival at the BMC, doctors attempted to resuscitate him for some 45 minutes before declaring him deceased.) Benghazi and beyond, 2012: p. 4 (Ambassador Christopher Stevens) p. 10 (late Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens) U.S. Dept. of State website, 2/22/2013 menu selection: out of date releases, biographies (J. Christopher Stevens, ambassador, Libya, term of appointment: 5/22/2012 to 9/11/2012; special representative to the Libyan Transitional National Council, Mar. 2011-Nov. 2011, and as the deputy chief of mission, 2007 -2009; other assignments include: deputy principal officer and political section chief, Jerusalem; political officer in Damascus; director of the Office of Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs; joined the Foreign Service in 1991; international trade lawyer in Washington, DC; taught English as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco, 1983-1985; born in northern California; undergraduate degree, Univ. of California at Berkeley, 1982; J.D., Univ. of California, Hastings College of Law, 1989; M.S., National War College, 2010; spoke Arabic and French) OCLC, Feb. 22, 2013 (hdg.: Stevens, J. Christopher (John Christopher)) Wikipedia, May 21, 2013 (John Christopher Stevens (April 18, 1960-September 12, 2012) was an American diplomat and lawyer who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya from June 2012 to September 12, 2012. Stevens was killed when the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked on September 11, 2012. Stevens was born in 1960, in Grass Valley, California) |
| Associated language | eng ara fre |
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