Adam Sterling (diplomat)

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Adam H. Sterling
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United States Ambassador to Slovakia
In office
May 25, 2016 – August 7, 2019
Preceded by
Succeeded byBridget Brink
Personal details
Born1960 (age 61–62)
Alma materGrinnell College
Harvard University

Adam H. Sterling (born 1960)[1] is an American diplomat and currently the Civilian Deputy and Foreign Policy Advisor to US European Command. He previously served as the Ambassador to Slovakia from May 2016 to August 2019.[2]

Biography[]

Education[]

Sterling earned a Master of Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Bachelor’s degree from Grinnell College.[3]

Career[]

Sterling joined the Foreign Service in 1990 after working as a liaison to the United Nations for the Mayor of New York City. His initial diplomatic posts include Peru from 1991 to 1993 and Belgium from 1993 to 1995. Later, he returned to America as a desk officer in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs from 1995 to 1997. Then, Sterling completed two political tours in Kazakhstan from 1998 to 2001 and Israel from 2001 to 2005. After his overseas tours, Sterling served as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from 2005 to 2006. Next, he served as the Director for Central and Eastern European Affairs on the National Security Council staff from 2006 to 2009. Posting back overseas, Sterling was the Deputy Chief of Mission and twice as Chargé d'affaires to Azerbaijan from 2010 to 2013. Next, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission and twice as Chargé d'affaires to the Netherlands from 2013 to 2016.[4]

Most recently, Sterling was the Ambassador to Slovakia from May 2016 to August 2019.[5]

Personal life[]

Sterling grew up in both New York City and Lawrence, Kansas. He is married and has two children.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by

 List of ambassadors of the United States to Slovakia

2016–2019 		Succeeded by

References[]

  1. ^ "Adam H. Sterling (1960–)". Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  2. ^ "Miroslav Lajčák Receives Adam Sterling, Ambassador of the USA, during farewell visit". Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovak Republic.
  3. ^ "Foreign Policy Advisor". US European Command.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "Adam Sterling". U.S. Department of State (Archived).
  5. ^ "Ambassador Adam Sterling Bids Farewell To Slovakia". U.S. Embassy in Slovakia.
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