Stephen J. Solarz
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| In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Bertram L. Podell |
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| Succeeded by | Nydia Velázquez |
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| Born | September 12, 1940 New York City |
| Political party | Democratic |
Stephen Joshua Solarz is a former United States Congressional Representative from New York. Solarz was both an outspoken critic of President Ronald Reagan's deployment of Marines 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.[1] 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 American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus, along with Zbigniew Brzezinski and Alexander Haig.
[edit] External links
- Stephen J. Solarz, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- APCO Worldwide Professional biography.
- NNDB Profile
- Immigration Votes: NumbersUSA
- For Solarz, a Career Ends in Grief and Relief
- When To Go In
- Biography From International Crisis Group
- Arms for Morocco?
[edit] References
- ^ Facts on File 1980 Yearbook p 547
| Preceded by Max Turshen |
New York State Assembly, 45th District 1969–1974 |
Succeeded by Charles E. Schumer |
| Preceded by Bertram L. Podell |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 13th congressional district 1975–1993 |
Succeeded by Nydia Velazquez |
