New US embassy charge d’affaires arrives in Baku
A new charge d'affaires assumed his duties at the U.S. embassy in
Baku on Tuesday.
Adam Sterling, the Deputy Chief of Mission since July, replaces Don Lu, who was Charge from July 2009 until his departure last week.
Sterling is a career member of the State Department Foreign Service. He served on loan to the White House as the Director for Central and Eastern European Affairs on the National Security Council staff in 2006-09. Sterling also served in Washington as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Europe in 2005-06. Previously, in 1995-97, Sterling acted as desk officer in the Office of Central Asian Affairs. In addition, he has served at US embassies in Israel, Kazakhstan, Belgium, and Peru.
Sterling will serve as Chargé d'Affaires until the arrival of the next US ambassador to Azerbaijan, the US embassy said.
Sterling earned a Master of Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Bachelors degree from Grinnell College in Iowa. He speaks French, Spanish, Azerbaijani and Russian.*
Adam Sterling, the Deputy Chief of Mission since July, replaces Don Lu, who was Charge from July 2009 until his departure last week.
Sterling is a career member of the State Department Foreign Service. He served on loan to the White House as the Director for Central and Eastern European Affairs on the National Security Council staff in 2006-09. Sterling also served in Washington as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Europe in 2005-06. Previously, in 1995-97, Sterling acted as desk officer in the Office of Central Asian Affairs. In addition, he has served at US embassies in Israel, Kazakhstan, Belgium, and Peru.
Sterling will serve as Chargé d'Affaires until the arrival of the next US ambassador to Azerbaijan, the US embassy said.
Sterling earned a Master of Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Bachelors degree from Grinnell College in Iowa. He speaks French, Spanish, Azerbaijani and Russian.*
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