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Nomination of Richard H. Solomon To Be United States Ambassador to the Philippines

June 18, 1992

The President today announced his intention to nominate Richard H. Solomon, of Maryland, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of the Philippines. He would succeed Frank G. Wisner.

Since 1989, Dr. Solomon has served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of State. He also served at the State Department as Director of the Policy Planning Staff, 1986 - 89. From 1976 to 1986, Dr. Solomon served as head of the political science department at the Rand Corp. in Santa Monica, CA. He also served as a senior staff member for Asian Affairs with the National Security Council at the White House, 1971 - 76.

Dr. Solomon graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B., 1960; Ph.D., 1966). He was born June 19, 1937, in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Solomon is married, has three children, and resides in Bethesda, MD.

George Bush, Nomination of Richard H. Solomon To Be United States Ambassador to the Philippines Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/266984

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