Ronald L. Schlicher

Ronald Lewis Schlicher (September 16, 1956 – September 26, 2019)[1] joined the State Department in 1982 as a diplomat and career foreign service officer with the rank of Minister-Counselor in the Department of State. He served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Lebanon (chargé d'affaires) 1994–96 and United States Consul-General in Jerusalem from 2000 to November 2002. He also served as ambassador to Cyprus from 2005 to 2008. On September 2, 2008, he assumed the position of Principal Deputy Assistant Coordinator for Counterterrorism.[2]

Ronald L. Schlicher
United States Ambassador to Cyprus
In office
December 20, 2005 – January 5, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byMichael Klosson
Succeeded byFrank C. Urbancic Jr.
United States Ambassador to Lebanon
Acting
In office
October 1994 – February 1996
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byVincent M. Battle (acting)
Succeeded byRichard Henry Jones
Personal details
Born(1956-09-16)September 16, 1956
Sylacauga, Alabama, U.S.
DiedSeptember 26, 2019(2019-09-26) (aged 63)
Brentwood, Tennessee, U.S.
ProfessionDiplomat

Personal

Schlicher was born in Sylacauga, Alabama and grew up in Chattanooga.[3] He was an alumnus of Red Bank High School and attended the University of Tennessee and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1978 and JD from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1981.[4]

Schlicher was fluent in French and Arabic.[5]

After his diplomatic career ended (sometime after 2011[6]) he settled down in Brentwood, Tennessee, where he died in 2019.[1]

Notes
  1. Sher, Andy (September 27, 2019). "Former U.S. Ambassador Ronald Schlicher, who grew up in Chattanooga, dies at 63". timesfreepress.com. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  2. U.S. Dep’t of State: Biography of Ronald L. Schlicher
  3. https://www.nndb.com/people/412/000121049/
  4. https://www.nndb.com/people/412/000121049/
  5. https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/ct/rls/bio/109969.htm
  6. http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/office-of-the-coordinator-for-counterterrorism-who-is-ronald-schlicher?news=842488
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Vincent M. Battle
Acting		 United States Ambassador to Lebanon
Acting
1994–1996		 Succeeded by
Richard Henry Jones
Preceded by
Michael Klosson		 United States Ambassador to Cyprus
2005–2008		 Succeeded by
Frank C. Urbancic, Jr.
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