Richard H. Solomon

Richard Solomon
United States Ambassador to the Philippines
In office
September 4, 1992 – March 1, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byFrank G. Wisner
Succeeded byJohn Negroponte
18th Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
In office
June 23, 1989 – July 10, 1992
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byGaston J. Sigur Jr.
Succeeded byWilliam Clark, Jr.
15th Director of Policy Planning
In office
March 3, 1986 – January 21, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byPeter Rodman
Succeeded byDennis B. Ross
Personal details
Born
Richard Harvey Solomon

June 19, 1937
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 13, 2017 (aged 79)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)

Richard Harvey Solomon (June 19, 1937 – March 13, 2017)[1] was an American diplomat and academic who served as Director of Policy Planning from 1986 to 1989, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 1989 to 1992, and U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines from 1992 to 1993. In September 1993, he became president of the United States Institute of Peace, a position he held until September 2012. He subsequently joined the RAND Corporation as a Senior Fellow.