Steve Young of New Hampshire, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was nominated on April 1, 2003, to serve as the next Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kyrgyz Republic, and confirmed by the Senate on April 11.
Prior to his appointment as U.S. Ambassador, Steve Young was the Director of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs in the East Asian and Pacific Bureau of the Department of State from July 2002 to June 2003. From 2001 to June 2002, he was Director of the Office of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Affairs in the South Asian Bureau. Prior to this assignment, from summer of 1998 to summer of 2001, he was Deputy Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), America's unofficial office in Taipei. Earlier in his career, Mr. Young served as Director of the Office of Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs in the Department and as Desk Officer on the Russian Desk. His previous overseas assignments include Beijing, Moscow (twice), and Taipei. Mr. Young joined the Foreign Service in 1980.
Dr. Young is a graduate with high honors in History of Wesleyan University (1973). He has a Ph.D. (1980) and M.A. (1974) in History from the University of Chicago.
He and his wife have three children.
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