12 Facts About Stephen Rapp

Stephen J Rapp was born on January 26,1949 and is an American lawyer, academic and former politician who served as United States ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues in the Office of Global Criminal Justice.

Stephen Rapp previously served as Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 34th district from 1973 to 1975 and from 1979 to 1983.

Stephen Rapp ran for the US House of Representatives for Iowa's 3rd congressional district twice, losing to Charles Grassley.

From 1993 to 2001, Stephen Rapp was the US Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa.

Stephen Rapp became the chief of prosecutions of the ICTR in 2005, and continued to assist chief prosecutor Hassan Jallow in prosecuting those involved in the 1994 genocide.

In 2007, Stephen Rapp succeeded Desmond de Silva to become the third chief prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, where he directed the prosecution of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and others alleged to have violated international criminal law during the Sierra Leone Civil War.

Stephen Rapp was appointed ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues by President Barack Obama, and confirmed by the US Senate on September 8,2009.

Stephen Rapp led the State Department's Office of Global Criminal Justice.

Stephen Rapp stepped down from the post on August 7,2015.

Currently, Stephen Rapp is a Senior Visiting Fellow of Practice at the Blavatnik School of Government, Distinguished Fellow at The Hague Institute for Global Justice, a think tank in The Hague, Netherlands, and a Global Prevention Fellow at the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide.

Stephen Rapp received his BA with honors from Harvard University in government and international relations.

Stephen Rapp attended Columbia Law School and received his JD with honors from Drake University.