Stephen B. King
Steve King | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic | |
| In office December 6, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Andrew H. Schapiro |
| Succeeded by | Jennifer Bachus (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 4, 1941 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Western Illinois University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Stephen B. King (born July 4, 1941) is an American businessman and political activist who served as the United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he is the founder of King Capital LLC, an equity investment and real estate company. He previously worked at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as an agent and campaigned unsuccessfully in 1988 for his party's nomination for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. During the Nixon administration, while working for the Committee for the Re-Election of the President, King was involved in the kidnapping of Martha Mitchell, the wife of the then-Attorney General.