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Christopher Stevens
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American diplomat, lawyer and ambassador to Libya (1960-2012)
Key facts
- President
- Barack Obama
- Preceded by
- Gene Cretz
- Succeeded by
- Laurence Pope , (as Chargé d'affaires )
- Born
- John Christopher Stevens , ( 1960-04-18 ) April 18, 1960, Grass Valley, California , U.S.
- Died
- September 11, 2012 (2012-09-11) (aged 52), Benghazi , Libya
- Cause of death
- Assassinated during 2012 Benghazi attack
- Party
- Democratic
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley ( BA ), University of California, Hastings ( JD ), National Defense University ( MS )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christopher
- Family name
- Stevens
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Grass Valley
- Place of death
- Benghazi
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- ambassador
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Image
- Ambassador christopher stevens.jpg
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- cause of death
- smoke inhalation injury
- date of birth
- 1960-04-01
- date of death
- 2012-09-12
- manner of death
- accidental death
- member of
- Peace Corps
- place of burial
- California
- name in native language
- Christopher Stevens
- Commons category
- J. Christopher Stevens
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Encyclopedic overview
John Christopher Stevens (April 18, 1960 – September 11, 2012) was an American career diplomat and lawyer who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya from May 22, 2012, to September 11, 2012. Stevens was killed when the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked by members of Ansar al-Sharia on September 11–12, 2012., making Stevens the eighth and most recent U.S. Ambassador to be killed while in office.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Christopher Stevens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.