Carson, Johnnie

LC control no.	no2007103563
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Carson, Johnnie *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States Tanzania England Kenya Uganda Zimbabwe
Place of birth	Chicago (Ill.)
Field of activity	International relations Diplomacy
Affiliation	Peace Corps (U.S.) United States. Foreign Service National Defense University National Intelligence Council (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Diplomats Ambassadors
Found in	Why Africa matters [VR] 2006: credits (Ambassador Johnnie Carson, National Intelligence Officer for Africa, National Intelligence Council) U.S. Dept. of State website, Aug. 30, 2007 contents (Johnnie Carson joined the Foreign Service in 1969; has held a number of diplomatic posts in Africa and other locations and was Ambassador to Kenya from 8/25/1999 to 7/6/2003) Wikipedia, Jan. 12, 2017 (Johnnie Carson; born April 7, 1943, Chicago, Illinois; Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania 1965-1968; MA in international relations, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1975; 37-year career in Foreign Service before joining the U.S. National Intelligence Council in 2006; has served as U.S. ambassador to Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya; earlier he had assignments in Portugal, Botswana, Mozambique, and Nigeria; senior vice president, National Defense University, Washington, DC, 2003-2006; in 2009 he was nominated by President Obama to become U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; resigned in 2013; currently a senior advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group and the United States Institute of Peace)
Associated language	eng