Richard Solomon | |
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| United States Ambassador to the Philippines | |
| In office September 4, 1992 – March 1, 1993 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Frank G. Wisner |
| Succeeded by | John Negroponte |
| 18th Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs | |
| In office June 23, 1989 – July 10, 1992 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Gaston J. Sigur Jr. |
| Succeeded by | William Clark, Jr. |
| 15th Director of Policy Planning | |
| In office March 3, 1986 – January 21, 1989 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Peter Rodman |
| Succeeded by | Dennis B. Ross |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Harvey Solomon June 19, 1937 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | March 13, 2017 (aged 79) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts 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.