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University of Sydney. Australian National University.
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Roland Rich
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Rich was Australia"s Ambassador to Laos from 1994 to 1997, and founding Director of the Australian National University"s Centre for Democratic Institutions from 1998 to 2005. He has also been a research fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy and served on the Australian Defence College staff Rich joined Australia"s foreign service in 1975 and served in a variety of overseas posts, including Ambassador to Laos (1994 to 1997), before being appointed Assistant Secretary for the International Organisations Branch in Australia"s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1997-1998).
He was then founding Director of the Australian National University"s Centre for Democratic Institutions from 1998 to 2005.
He was a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy in 2005, and then taught in the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies of the Australian Defence College. A lawyer by training, Rich followed a Bachelor in Government/Anthropology from the University of Sydney (1972) with an Bachelor of Laws (1975, University of Sydney) and a Masters in International Law (Australian National University, 1982).
He also holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the Australian National University.
