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Stephen Michael Schwartz (born 1958) is an American career diplomat. He serves as the United States Ambassador to Somalia as of July 2016.
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Early life
Stephen Schwartz was born in Buffalo, New York.
Schwartz was educated at the Williamsville South High School in Williamsville, New York. He graduated from Miami University with a bachelor of science degree in 1980. He earned a master of arts degree from SOAS, University of London in 1988, and a master of science degree from the National Defense University's National War College in 2008. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon and Washington, D.C..
Career
Upon joining the United States Foreign Service, Schwartz served in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Bujumbura, Burundi; and Nairobi, Kenya. He subsequently served in Havana, Cuba; Pretoria, South Africa; and Port Louis, Mauritius, followed by Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands; and Lusaka, Zambia. He served as chargé d'affaires to Comoros, Mauritius and the Seychelles from June 2005 until October 2006. He served as Director of the Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, from 2013 to 2015.
Schwartz serves as the United States Ambassador to Somalia as of July 2016.