Stephen J. Solarz

Infobox_Congressman
name =Stephen J. Solarz

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date of birth= birth date and age|1940|09|12
place of birth=New York City
state = New York
district = 13th
term_start =January 3, 1975
term_end =January 3, 1993
preceded = Bertram L. Podell
succeeded = Nydia Velázquez
party = Democrat
religion =
spouse =

Stephen Joshua Solarz is a former United States Congressional Representative from New York. Solarz was both an outspoken critic of President Ronald Reagan's to Lebanon in 1982 and a cosponsor of the 1991 Gulf War Authorization Act during the Presidency of George H. W. Bush.

Born in New York City, September 12, 1940, Solarz attended public schools in New York City and later received a B.A. from Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. in 1962 and an M.A. in public law and government from Columbia University in 1967. Solarz taught political science at Brooklyn (N.Y.) College, 1967–1968. He served in the New York State Assembly from 1969 to 1975. He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Mid-term Convention in 1974.

Solarz was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat to the 94th and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975–January 3, 1993). On July 18, 1980, he became the first American public official to visit North Korea since the end of the Korean War, and the first to meet with Kim Il-sung. [ Facts on File 1980 Yearbook p 547 ] In 1992 he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress. Thereafter he was appointed by President Bill Clinton as chairman of the Central Asian-American Enterprise Fund and served from 1993 to 1998.

Since then he has remained active with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. He is also a member of the Intellibridge Expert Network and vice-chairman of International Crisis Group. Solarz is also co-chairman of the [http://www.peaceinthecaucasus.org/ American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus] , along with Zbigniew Brzezinski and Alexander Haig.

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000673 Stephen J. Solarz, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]
* [http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/bios/solarz.cfm APCO Worldwide] Professional biography.
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/521/000061338/ NNDB Profile]
* [http://profiles.numbersusa.com/improfile.php3?DistSend=NY&VIPID=588 Immigration Votes: NumbersUSA]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10612FA3D5A0C748CDDA90994DA494D81&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fOrganizations%2fD%2fDemocratic%20Party For Solarz, a Career Ends in Grief and Relief]
* [http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=1126&kaid=124&subid=158 “When To Go In”] , magazine article by Solarz
* [http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4252 Biography From International Crisis Group]
* [http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19791201faessay8216/stephen-j-solarz/arms-for-morocco.html “Arms for Morocco?”] , magazine article by Solarz

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