Johnny Young (ambassador)
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| 11th United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone | |
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In office November 29, 1989 – July 23, 1992 |
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| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Cynthia Shepard Perry |
| Succeeded by | Lauralee M. Peters |
| 14th United States Ambassador to Togo | |
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In office October 7, 1994 – November 21, 1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Harmon Elwood Kirby |
| Succeeded by | Brenda Schoonover |
| 12th United States Ambassador to Bahrain | |
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In office December 11, 1997 – September 29, 2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | David M. Ransom |
| Succeeded by | Ronald E. Neumann |
| 4th United States Ambassador to Slovenia | |
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In office 2001–2004 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Bolling Robertson |
| Personal details | |
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February 6, 1940 Savannah, Georgia |
| Spouse(s) | Angelena Young |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Johnny Young was born on February 6, 1940 in Savannah, Georgia and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From 1967 to 2001, Young served within the US Department of State, including his appointment as United States Ambassador in West Africa, the Middle East and Central Europe. Young was appointed Career Ambassador in 2004 and later worked as a private consultant, contractor and lecturer.
Young graduated cum laude from Temple University with a bachelor's degree in 1966, with a major in accounting and a minor in Spanish. He was later the recipient of the Obermayer Award presented annually to an outstanding graduate of the Philadelphia School Board in 1990. He was accepted into the FELS Institute of State and Local Government at the University of Pennsylvania prior to joining the Foreign Service.
After working for six and a half years for the City of Philadelphia, Johnny Young began his career with the Foreign Service in 1967. He received a position as Budget and Fiscal Officer in Antananarivo, Madagascar followed by assignments in 1970 and 1972 as 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. He was later 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.
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