Stephen W. Bosworth

Stephen W. Bosworth
Stephen W. Bosworth. U.S. State Department official photograph
United States Special Representative for North Korea
In office
February 20, 2009 – October 26, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byGlyn T. Davies
United States Ambassador to South Korea
In office
December 15, 1997 – February 10, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded byJames T. Laney
Succeeded byThomas C. Hubbard
United States Ambassador to the Philippines
In office
May 4, 1984 – April 2, 1987
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byMichael Armacost
Succeeded byNicholas Platt
13th Director of Policy Planning
In office
January 3, 1983 – April 7, 1984
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byPaul Wolfowitz
Succeeded byPeter Rodman
United States Ambassador to Tunisia
In office
March 27, 1979 – June 22, 1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Preceded byEdward W. Mulcahy
Succeeded byWalter L. Cutler
Personal details
Born
Stephen Warren Bosworth

(1939-12-04)December 4, 1939
Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
DiedJanuary 4, 2016(2016-01-04) (aged 76)
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Spouse(s)Sandra De Puit (divorced)
Christine Holmes
(m. 1984)
Children4
Alma materDartmouth College (BA)
OccupationAcademic, diplomat
AwardsOrder of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star (Japan, 2005)
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Stephen Warren Bosworth (December 4, 1939 – January 4, 2016) was an American academic and diplomat. He served as Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University and served as United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy from March 2009 to October 2011. He served three times as a U.S. Ambassador, to Tunisia (1979–1981),[3] to the Philippines (1984–1987), and to South Korea (1997–2001).[4] In 1987, he received the American Academy of Diplomacy's Diplomat of the Year Award.

In February 2009, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named Bosworth a Special Representative for North Korea policy.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Biographical information on Stephen Bosworth". ABC news. Associated Press. March 3, 2009. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Fletcher School biography". Archived from the original on 2009-11-02. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  3. ^ "U.S. Ambassadors to Tunisia". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  4. ^ "U.S. Ambassadors to Korea". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  5. ^ Hillary Clinton (February 20, 2009). "Appointment of Ambassador Stephen Bosworth as Special Representative for North Korea Policy". Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
  6. ^ Landler, Mark (February 20, 2009). "Clinton Addresses N. Korea Succession". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2009-07-31.