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Appointment of Ronald F. Lehman II as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

January 29, 1986

The President today announced the appointment of Ronald F. Lehman II to be Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (Defense Policy). This is a new position.

Dr. Lehman, currently Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, has served on the National Security Council staff since May 1983 as Senior Director of Defense Programs and Arms Control. Since January 1985 he has also served as Deputy U.S. Negotiator for Strategic Nuclear Arms with the personal rank of Ambassador. Prior to joining the NSC staff, Dr. Lehman was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy and has served as a senior adviser to the U.N. Special Session on Disarmament and as a representative to the U.S.-U.S.S.R. bilateral discussions on nuclear proliferation. More recently, Dr. Lehman was a representative to the U.S.-Soviet talks on direct communication links. Dr. Lehman has also served as a member of the professional staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Dr. Lehman graduated from Claremont Men's College in California (1968) and received his Ph.D. in government from the Claremont Graduate School (1975). Dr. Lehman currently resides with his wife in Arlington, VA. He was born March 25, 1946, in California.

Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Ronald F. Lehman II as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/259809

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