Ronald L. Schlicher

Ronald L. Schlicher
United States Ambassador to Cyprus
In office December 20, 2005 – January 5, 2008
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Michael Klosson
Succeeded by	Frank C. Urbancic Jr.
United States Consul General in Jerusalem
In office 2000–2002
President	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Preceded by	John E. Herbst
Succeeded by	Jeffrey D. Feltman
United States Ambassador to Lebanon Acting
In office October 1994 – February 1996
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Vincent M. Battle (acting)
Succeeded by	Richard Henry Jones
Personal details
Born	(1956-09-16)September 16, 1956 Sylacauga, Alabama, U.S.
Died	September 26, 2019(2019-09-26) (aged 63) Brentwood, Tennessee, U.S.
Profession	Diplomat

Ronald Lewis Schlicher (September 16, 1956 – September 26, 2019) was a US diplomat. He 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.

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN