Ronald Douglas Johnson is now in Mexico City, serving as the U.S. ambassador to Mexico.
This Ron Johnson is not to be confused with Ronald Harold Johnson, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.
Ronald D. Johnson is a fluent speaker of Spanish which is a good skill for an ambassador to Mexico to have.
This is from Ambassador Johnson’s bio on the U.S. embassy website:
“Ronald Johnson..has served the United States government for over four decades, first as an officer in the U.S. Army, then as a member of the intelligence community, and most recently as the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador. Among his various roles, Ambassador Johnson was the Central Intelligence Agency’s Science and Technology Liaison to the U.S. Special Operations Command, in Tampa, Florida. Prior to that, he was a Special Advisor to the U.S. Southern Command in Miami managing collaboration between the Command and the Intelligence Community. He worked on a wide range of regional issues including refugees, counter-narcotics, counter terrorism, human rights and tropical virus disease control. Ambassador Johnson has held various other assignments, including as the Deputy Special Advisor to the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (2006 – 2008), and as a senior operations officer at the CIA. Ambassador Johnson served in the U.S. Army from 1984 – 1998 and retired as a Colonel. He also served in the Alabama Army National Guard, enlisting as a private in 1971 and reaching the rank of Captain before going on to active duty in the Army in 1984.”
On May 19th, 2025, Johnson presented his credentials to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. Here’s a picture of the presentation:
