Former congressman Steve Driehaus of Price Hill, who has spent the past four years with the Peace Corps in Swaziland, is moving to Morocco to head the agency's efforts there.
Driehaus made the announcement Friday on his Facebook page.
After four years of fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Swaziland in southern Africa, Driehaus says he, his wife and children will move to Rabat, the Moroccan capital on the north coast of the African continent.
On Facebook, Driehaus says he is proud to work for “a U.S. government agency that represents the racial, religious and ethnic diversity that is the United States.”
“In a world too often fueled by intolerance, the Peace Corps continues to be the face of America to millions of people in developing countries,” Driehaus said.
“Morocco, a Muslim country, is proud to have been the first country to recognize the United States in 1777,’’ Driehaus said.
Driehaus, a former state representative, spent one term in Congress, representing Ohio's 1st Congressional District. He defeated Republican incumbent Steve Chabot in 2008, but Chabot came back and won the seat back in 2010. Shortly after the loss, Driehaus went to work for the Peace Corps.