R. Stephen Beecroft
R. Stephen Beecroft | |
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United States Ambassador to Jordan | |
In office August 14, 2008 – June 4, 2011 | |
President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
Preceded by | David Hale |
Succeeded by | Stuart E. Jones |
Personal details | |
Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
Alma mater | Brigham Young University (BA) UC Berkeley School of Law (JD) |
Robert Stephen "Steve" Beecroft (born 1957) is an American diplomat and attorney. He served as
Education
Beecroft earned a B.A. from Brigham Young University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.[5][6] A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he was a Mormon missionary in Venezuela.[5][6]
Career
After graduating from law school, Beecroft practiced law in the San Francisco office of an international law firm.[6]
He joined the
He joined the U.S. embassy in
He is a recipient of the Department of State's Meritorious, Superior, and Distinguished Honor Awards and in April 2011 received the Diplomacy in Human Rights award.[5]
U.S. Ambassador to Egypt
Beecroft's nomination came shortly after the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. At the time, U.S. officials had repeatedly criticized the army-backed interim Egyptian government in dealing violently with opponents, especially those associated with the Muslim Brotherhood - banned after the military coup - and for allowing the courts to issue death sentences on hundreds of opponents.[8] It was expected that the Obama administration would nominate Robert Ford, who was a senior U.S. diplomat in the Syrian crisis to the post of ambassador in Cairo, but U.S. officials said that the Egyptian government had indicated that they saw Ford as close to Islamic parties in the Middle East.[9]
In late-April 2014, the United States decided to lift the partial ban imposed on the military aid to Egypt - after the military coup - and the Pentagon delivered ten Apache helicopters to Egypt, and that followed the Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy visit to Washington.[9]
On the same day Beecroft was nominated (May 9, 2014), the former Israeli Prime Minister
The U.S. Senate confirmed Beecroft to the post on June 26, 2014.[10]
References
- ^ "US appoints Robert Stephen Beecroft as new Ambassador to Egypt". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ "U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Completes His Tour, Departs Cairo". United States Embassy and Consulate in Egypt. eg.usembassy.gov. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d "New US ambassador to Iraq arrives in Baghdad". The New York Post. October 11, 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ "U.S. Ambassador to Egypt: Who Is Stephen Beecroft?". All Gov. July 27, 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g Joseph Walker, Pres. Barack Obama appoints LDS diplomat Robert Stephen Beecroft as ambassador to Iraq, Deseret News, September 15, 2012
- ^ a b c d e f Page Johnson, Ambassador Stephen Beecroft receives human rights award, Church News, April 27, 2011.
- ^ Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate, WhiteHouse.gov, September 11, 2012
- ^ Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Sarah Sirgany (28 April 2014). "Egypt court sentences hundreds of Brotherhood supporters to death". CNN.
- ^ a b "News from the Associated Press". Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
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