Ronald L. Schlicher facts for kids
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Ronald L. Schlicher
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| United States Ambassador to Cyprus | |
| In office December 20, 2005 – January 5, 2008 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Michael Klosson |
| Succeeded by | Frank C. Urbancic Jr. |
| United States Ambassador to Lebanon Acting |
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| In office October 1994 – February 1996 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Vincent M. Battle (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Richard Henry Jones |
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| Born | September 16, 1956 Sylacauga, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | September 26, 2019 (aged 63) Brentwood, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Ronald Lewis Schlicher (September 16, 1956 – September 26, 2019) 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.
Personal
Schlicher was born in Sylacauga, Alabama and grew up in Chattanooga. 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.
Schlicher was fluent in French and Arabic.
After his diplomatic career ended (sometime after 2011) he settled down in Brentwood, Tennessee, where he died in 2019.
