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| Stephen Schwartz |
Stephen Schwartz,
director of the Office of West African Affairs of the U.S. Department of
State, will be visiting The Gambia on Wednesday,
December 11 to meet with government officials and members of civil
society in support of the strong bilateral relationship between the
United States of America and the Republic of The Gambia.
US Embassy Banjul Office in a media release stated that Schwartz will hold a
press conference with the media to speak and answer questions about the
strong ties between the U.S. and The Gambia, the purpose of his trip,
and President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative.
About Schwartz
Stephen
Michael Schwartz began his assignment as director of West African
Affairs on August 14, 2013. This follows his tours as deputy chief of
mission in Lusaka, Zambia and as deputy director in the Office of
Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs.
Schwartz
served from 2004-2007 as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in
Port Louis, Mauritius, which was responsible for relations with the
Indian Ocean nations of Mauritius, Seychelles, and Comoros. He has
performed political, economic, consular, and management work during
overseas assignments in Pretoria, South Africa (2001-2004); Havana, Cuba
(1999-2001); Bujumbura, Burundi (1995-1996); and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(1992-1994). Schwartz’s other domestic assignments were as special
assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
(1998-1999) and desk officer for Sudan (1996-1998). He has been a
career Foreign Service officer since 1992.
Previously,
Schwartz worked at a non-governmental organisation supporting
transition in Eastern Europe & the former Soviet Union and in the
Africa Programme at the Brookings Institution. In the early 1980s he
was a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon and Peace Corps desk officer for
Mauritania, Mali, and Burkina Faso.
Schwartz
graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in May 1980 with a
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He received a Master’s
degree in African Studies in 1988 from the University of London’s School
of Oriental and African Studies and earned a Master’s degree in
National Security Strategy in 2008 at the National War College in
Washington, DC.
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