Ronald Douglas Johnson served as the

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from 2019 to 2021. He was appointed ambassador by President Donald J. Trump on July 3, 2019. At the time of his appointment, he was serving as the

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’s Science and Technology Liaison to the

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, based in

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. Johnson has a

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from the

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and a

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from the

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. From 1984 to 1998, Johnson served in the

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and retired as a colonel.“Ronald D. Johnson”
Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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