J. Christopher Stevens - wikipedia J. Christopher Stevens J. Christopher Stevens 10th United States Ambassador to Libya In office June 7, 2012 -- September 11, 2012 President Barack Obama Preceded by Gene Cretz Succeeded by Laurence Pope ( Chargé d'affaires ) Personal details John Christopher Stevens ( 1960 - 04 - 18 ) April 18, 1960 Grass Valley, California, U.S. September 11, 2012 ( 2012 - 09 - 11 ) ( aged 52 ) Benghazi, Libya Cause of death Assassination Resting place Grass Valley, California, U.S. Nationality American Political party Democratic Alma mater UC Berkeley UC Hastings College of Law National War College Profession Diplomat, lawyer John Christopher Stevens ( April 18, 1960 -- September 11, 2012 ) was an American career diplomat and lawyer who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya from May 22, 2012 to September 11, 2012. Stevens was killed when the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked by militants on September 11 -- 12, 2012. Stevens was the eighth U.S. Ambassador to be killed while in office. Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2.1 Lawyer 2.2 U.S. Foreign Service 3 Death 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Early life and education Stevens was born on April 18, 1960 in Grass Valley, California, the eldest of three siblings born to Jan S. Stevens, a California Assistant Attorney General, and his wife Mary J. Stevens ( née Floris ), from a West Coast family of French, Swedish and Chinook ancestry. Stevens was raised in Northern California and had two younger siblings, Anne ( b. 1962 ) and Thomas ( b. 1965 ). Stevens ' parents divorced in 1975, and both remarried. He had a half - sister, Hilary ( b. 1980 ), from his father 's second marriage. His mother, a cellist, joined the Marin Symphony Orchestra ( 1969 -- 2004 ), and in 1976 married Robert Commanday, a music critic with the San Francisco Chronicle. Stevens was an AFS Intercultural Programs exchange student in Spain during summer of 1977, and graduated from Piedmont High School in 1978. He earned a B.A. in history in 1982 at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. From 1983 to 1985, he taught English as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. He graduated with a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1989, and received an M.S. degree from the National War College in 2010. Career Lawyer Prior to joining the United States Foreign Service, Stevens was an international trade lawyer based in Washington, D.C. He was admitted as an active member of the State Bar of California on January 26, 1990 ; he went on inactive status on August 1, 1991, and remained an inactive member for the remainder of his career. U.S. Foreign Service Stevens joined the United States Foreign Service in 1991. His early overseas assignments included : deputy principal officer and political section chief in Jerusalem ; political officer in Damascus ; consular / political officer in Cairo and consular / economic officer in Riyadh. In Washington, Stevens served as Director of the Office of Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs ; Pearson Fellow with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senator Richard Lugar ; special assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs ; Iran desk officer and staff assistant in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. He had served in Libya twice previously : as the Deputy Chief of Mission ( from 2007 to 2009 ) and as Special Representative to the National Transitional Council ( from March 2011 to November 2011 ) during the Libyan revolution. He arrived in Tripoli in May 2012 as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya. Stevens spoke English, French and some Arabic. Death Main article : 2012 Benghazi attack During the 2012 Benghazi attack, a fire was set against the main consulate building with three Americans inside -- Stevens, Sean Smith, and a security officer. According to U.S. officials, the security officer escaped and the staff found Smith dead. However, the staff were unable to locate Stevens before being driven from the building under small - arms fire. Local civilians found Stevens and brought him to the Benghazi Medical Centre in a state of cardiac arrest. Medical personnel tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at about 2 a.m. local time on September 12, 2012. Later reports suggested that the attack was coordinated and planned in advance, with any protests either coincidental or possibly diversionary. Libyan president Muhammad Magariaf blamed elements of Ansar al - Sharia for the killing, linking them to Al - Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Libyan officials suggested that it might have been a revenge attack mounted by loyalists ( of deceased Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ) who were defeated in the Libyan Civil War the previous year. John Christopher Stevens gravestone in Grass Valley, California The surviving Americans were taken to a safe house. A rescue squad consisting of eight U.S. military or former military was sent from Tripoli, the capital. They were ambushed and the safe house came under attack. Two more Americans died, including one sent from Tripoli ; several were wounded. Later reports identified the victims as Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty, both former Navy SEALs working as security and intelligence contractors. Stevens is buried in Forester 's Cemetery in Grass Valley, California. See also Arnold Lewis Raphel, the previous U.S. ambassador to die in the line of duty Ambassadors of the United States killed in the line of duty References Jump up ^ `` New US Charge D'Affairs starts his work in Libya ''. KUNA. October 10, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012. Jump up ^ `` California birth index search ''. FamilyTreeLegends. Retrieved September 11, 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` US ambassador ' killed in Libya ' ''. BBC News. September 11, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` Stevens, J. Christopher ''. U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Jump up ^ Margaret Coker ( September 11, 2012 ). `` U.S. Ambassador to Libya Is Killed ''. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 11, 2012. Jump up ^ `` US ambassadors killed in the line of duty ''. Boston. Retrieved September 11, 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` Stevens Remembered as a Man Who Cared Deeply for Libya ''. Salt Lake City Tribune. September 11, 2012. Jump up ^ Jenny Monnet ( 28 September 2012 ). `` Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens ' Mother Spells Out Family Legacy ''. Indian Country Today. Retrieved 18 August 2013. Stevens was a 1 / 16th enrolled citizen of the Chinook Indian Nation Jump up ^ `` Slain ambassador was member of local Chinook Tribe '' Archived September 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Chinook Observer. September 13, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2012. Jump up ^ Matt Bewig ( March 18, 2012 ). `` Ambassador to Libya : Who Is Chris Stevens ? ''. allgov. Retrieved September 11, 2012. Jump up ^ The death of Chris Stevens, U.S. Ambassador to Libya, hits close to home. Archived September 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ California Marriage Index, 1960 -- 1985, accessed on ancestry.com on September 17, 2012 Jump up ^ `` Slain Ambassador Chris Stevens was ' A Very Smart, Very Funny Guy ' says Cal Roommate Austin Tichenor ''. Napa Patch. September 11, 2012. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Jump up ^ Anita Creamer ; The Sacramento Bee. `` Slain U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens had Northern California roots ''. McClatchydc. Retrieved October 11, 2012. Jump up ^ State Bar of California, Attorney Profile for John Christopher Stevens. Retrieved September 13, 2012. Jump up ^ Bradley Klapper ( 12 September 2012 ). `` Chris Stevens : US envoy to the Arab world ''. Associated Press. Retrieved 23 July 2014. ^ Jump up to : Hadeel Al Shalchi. `` In Libya, deadly fury took U.S. envoys by surprise ''. Reuters. Retrieved September 13, 2012. Jump up ^ CBS / AP. `` U.S. officials : Deadly Libya attack likely planned ''. CBS News. Retrieved September 11, 2012. Jump up ^ Hammond, Andrew ( September 12, 2012 ). `` Libya official says Gaddafi loyalists killed U.S. diplomats ''. Reuters. Retrieved May 19, 2016. Jump up ^ Libya : Assault on U.S. consulate in Benghazi leaves 4 dead, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens CBS News September 11, 2012 Jump up ^ US confirms ambassador killed in Benghazi Libya BBC News September 11, 2012 Jump up ^ `` Statement on the Deaths of Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty in Benghazi, Libya ''. U.S. Department of State. September 13, 2012. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Two SEAL vets from SD killed in Libya ''. U-T San Diego. Retrieved September 14, 2012. External links Introducing U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens on YouTube -- U.S. Embassy Tripoli video Memorial site Ambassador Christopher Stevens FB Memorial Page Appearances on C - SPAN Diplomatic posts Preceded by Gene A. Cretz United States Ambassador to Libya 2012 Succeeded by Laurence Pope 2012 Benghazi attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission Topics Chronology Aftermath and controversy American fatalities and injuries Investigations Timeline of the investigation United States House Select Committee on Benghazi U.S. casualties J. Christopher Stevens Sean Smith Glen Doherty Tyrone S. Woods Attackers Ansar al - Sharia ( Libya ) Al - Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb al - Qaeda in Iraq Reactions to Innocence of Muslims Chronology Response to protests Innocence of Muslims ( Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, Morris Sadek ) Afghanistan September 2012 Camp Bastion raid Australia 2012 Sydney anti-Islam film protests Israel September 2012 southern Israel cross-border attack United States Garcia v. 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