Stephen J. Solarz

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Stephen J. Solarz (1989)

Stephen Joshua Solarz (born September 12, 1940 in New York City , † November 29, 2010 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party .

Solarz studied at Brandeis University in Waltham , Massachusetts , where he received his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1962 . He received his Master of Arts (MA) from Columbia University in New York City in 1967 . He then taught political science at Brooklyn College from 1967 to 1968 . He began his political career in the New York State Assembly , of which he was a member from 1969 to 1974. For the Democratic Party, he was a 1974 delegate to the Democratic National Mid-term Convention . In the same year he was elected to the 94th United States Congress for his party . In the following years, Solarz managed to be re-elected a total of eight times in New York's 13th congressional electoral district . He represented New York State from January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1993 in the United States House of Representatives . In the elections to the 103rd Congress in 1992, he was unable to run again as a candidate. After leaving the House of Representatives, he was named chairman of the Central Asian-American Enterprise Fund by President Bill Clinton, a post from 1993 to 1998.

Solarz spent his old age in McLean , Virginia . He died of esophageal cancer in a Washington, DC hospital on November 11, 2010 .

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SURNAME Solarz, Stephen J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Solarz, Stephen Joshua (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 2010
Place of death Washington, DC