Ambassadors to Slovenia - Ambassadors of Russia to Slovenia, United States Ambassadors to Slovenia, Johnny Young, Yousif Ghafari, Doku Zavgayev (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ambassadors of Russia to Slovenia, United States Ambassadors to Slovenia, Johnny Young, Yousif Ghafari, Doku Zavgayev, Vyacheslav Dolgov, Thomas Bolling Robertson, List of Ambassadors From the United Kingdom to Slovenia, Victor Jackovich. Excerpt: Johnny Young was born on February 6, 1940 in Savannah, Georgia and grew up in Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University with a bachelor's degree in 1966 and later went into the American Academy of Diplomacy before joing the U.S. State Department. He received a position as Budget and Fiscal Officer in Antananarivo, Madagascar followed by assignments in 1970 and 1972 as s supervisory General Services Officer in Conakry, Guinea and Nairobi, Kenya. In 1974, he was transferred to Doha, Qatar to provide administrative support to the newly expanded American embassy and the first American ambassador to Qatar. While in Qatar, Young served as Administrative Officer and Charge d' Affaires. After Qatar, he was assigned as the Administrative Counselor for Bridgetown, Barbados. In 1979, Young returned to Washington, DC as Career Development Officer in the Bureau of Personnel. This was followed by a position as Executive Director for the Office of the Inspector General in 1981. Young then left in 1983 to be Administrative Counselor in Amman, Jordan; and in 1985 served at The Hague, Netherlands. In 1988, he was selected for assignment to the Senior Seminar. He then served as Ambassador to Sierra Leone from 1989 to 1992, Togo, 1994 to 1997, Bahrain, 1997 2001, and Slovenia, 2001-2004. During his time as ambssador to Slovenia he made two major goals, to continue the cooperation that the US and Slovenia have in a wide range of international fora and over a wide range of issues, and to work with Slovenia in ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18299087