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UNCLAS BRIDGETOWN 001470 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (COLLINS) 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958 N/A 
TAGS: PREL OFDP DO XL
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR AGREMENT: FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JULIAN N. 
JOHNSON AS NON-RESIDENT AMBASSADOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA 
TO THE UNITED STATES 
 
REF: A) DIPLOMATIC NOTE NO. 204/01 - 2005 
 
¶1. Embassy Bridgetown received the following diplomatic note from 
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the 
Commonwealth of Dominica 
 
¶2. Begin text of diplomatic note: 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the 
Commonwealth of Dominica presents its compliments to the Embassy of 
the United States of America and has the honour to request Agrement 
of the Government of the United States of America for the 
appointment of Mr. Julian N. Johnson as Non-Resident Ambassador of 
the Commonwealth of Dominica to United States of America, to replace 
His Excellency Dr. Nicholas J. O. Liverpool. 
 
The Ministry has the further honour to enclose herewith the 
Curriculum Vitae of Mr. Julian N. Johnson. 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Dominica 
avails itself of this opportunity to renew the assurances of its 
highest consideration. 
 
August 14, 2006. 
 
End text of diplomatic note. 
 
¶3.  Begin text of Curriculum Vitae: 
 
Name:     Julian Nathaniel Johnson 
 
Date of Birth:   15th August, 1944 
 
Address:     P. O. Box 2363 
     Roseau, Dominica 
     Fax: 767-449-2203 
     Telephone: 767-449-2203, 
      767-449-0871, 767-265-1842 
Email address: jupa83@hotmail.com 
 
Nationality:   Dominican 
 
Marital Status:   Married 
 
Children:    Two 
 
Profession:  Barrister-at-Law & Solicitor (called to the Bar in 
Dominica and the British Virgin Islands in 1988) 
 
Education: 
 
Institution  Qualifications 
Hugh Wooding Law School Certification in Legal 
Trinidad and Tobago  Education (1987) 
 
University of the West Bachelor of Law (LL.B) (1985) 
Indies (UWI) Cave Hill 
Campus, Barbados 
United Nations Institute Certificate in Multi-lateral 
For Training Research  Diplomacy (1980) 
(UNITAR); New York, 
Geneva, Vienna 
 
University of the West  B.Sc. Economics (Hons) (1970) 
Indies, (UWI) Mona 
Campus, Jamaica 
 
Employment: 
 
1991 - 15th Aug 2004 Secretary to the Cabinet and 
     Head of the Public Service 
Prime Minister's Office, Dominica 
 
1990 - 1991 Tutor, Constitutional & Administrative Law, School of 
Continuing Education, UWI, Dominica (Part-time) 
 
1990 - 1991 Chief Personnel Officer, Personnel, Training 
Establishment Department, Government of Dominica 
 
1990 - 1991 Secretary, Public Service Commission and Police Service 
Commission - Dominica 
 
1987 - 1990 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Legal Affairs, 
Immigration & Labour, Government of Dominica 
 
1985 - 1987 Tutor, Introduction to Politics, Department of 
Government, St. Augustine Campus, UWI, Trinidad (Part-time) 
 
1984 (May - September) Ag. Registrar, Registrar General, Provost 
Marshall, Supreme Court, Dominica 
 
 
 
1986 (June - September) Ag. Registrar, Registrar General, Provost 
Marshall, Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands 
 
1982 - 1985 Tutor, Introduction to Politics, Department of 
Government, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados (Part-time) 
 
1981 - 1985 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, 
Government of Dominica 
 
1978 - 1981  Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry 
& Caricom Affairs, Government of Dominica 
 
1972 - 1978 Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry & 
Caricom Affairs, Government of Dominica 
 
 
1971 Tutor, Introduction to Politics, Department of Government, UWI, 
Mona Campus, Jamaica (Part-time) 
1970 Graduate Teacher, Dominica Grammar School, Roseau 
 
1964 - 1966 Assistant Master, Dominica Grammar School, Roseau 
 
Other Appointments: 
 
1979 - 1982 Chairman, Guild of Graduates, University of the West 
Indies, Member of Council, University of the West Indies 
 
1979 - 1982 Member, Roseau Cooperative Credit Union (Board Member) 
 
1991 - 2003 Chairman, Committee of Permanent Secretaries - Dominica 
 
2003 Chairman, Government Task Force on Measures to Contain the 
Public Sector Wage Bill 
 
Apr 2003 - Oct 2005 Dominica's Representative - UNESCO Executive 
Board 
 
Apr 2004 - Apr 2007 Chairman, National Telecommunication Regulatory 
Commission 
 
Apr 2005 to Present Chairman, Public Service Board of Appeal 
 
Professional Interests: 
 
 Member, Dominica Branch, UWI Guild of Graduates 
 
 Member, Dominica Bar Association 
 
 Member, Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and 
Management (CAPAM) 
 
 Member, Dominica Grammar School Old Students Association 
Major Conferences/Seminars: 
 
Second Regional Conference  May 2002 
of the Caribbean Ombudsman 
Association (CAROA), Trinidad 
 
Pan Commonwealth Seminar  Glenburn Lodge, South 
"Democratic Structures in  Africa (1997) 
Public Service Improvements" 
 
Small and Island States   Seychelles 1997 
Conference on "The New 
Public Administration - 
Lessons from Experience" 
 
Commonwealth Heads of   Durban, South Africa 
Government Meetings   (1999) 
(CHOGM) 
 
Commonwealth Heads of   Edinburgh, United 
Government Meetings   Kingdom, (1997) 
(CHOGM) 
 
Commonwealth Heads of   Auckland, New Zealand 
Government Meetings   (1995) 
(CHOGM) 
 
Commonwealth Heads of   Lusaka, Zambia 
Government Meetings   (1979) 
(CHOGM) 
 
ACP-EEC Negotiations for  1978 - 1979 
Second Loma Convention 
 
Summary of Experience: 
 
Over thirty-eight (38) years of experience as an 
 
 
officer in the Public Service of Dominica and as a 
part-time teacher in the Department of Government at 
the University of the West Indies on all campuses.  Experience spans 
a spectrum of diplomacy (accompanying Prime Ministers and Ministers 
at regional and international meetings and conferences in the major 
bilateral and multilateral fora) public management, teaching and 
human resource development, consumer protection, supplies control 
and disaster management, legal consultancy and research in 
Constitutional and Administrative Law, including the jurisdiction 
and function of the major oversight Institutions of the 
Constitution. 
 
Interests: Agriculture/Gardening, swimming, sailing, table tennis. 
 
Published Works Include: 
 
(i) "Constitution Review in St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Some 
Points to Consider" (May 2003) [Pamphlet published by the St. 
Vincent and the Grenadines Constitution Review Commission] 
(ii) "The Role of the Public Service in Facilitation the 
Implementation of the Stabilization Programme" (October 2002) 
[Pamphlet published by the Administrative Reform Unit/Establishment, 
Personnel & Training Department, Dominica 
 
Non-Published Works Include: 
 
(i) "The Need and Prospect of Establishing an Ombudsman Office in 
Dominica" - Paper delivered at the Second Regional Conference of the 
Caribbean Ombudsman Association, Hilton Hotel, Trinidad and Tobago - 
(May 2002) 
(ii) "Constitutional Democracy: Responsible Government" - Paper 
delivered at Second Seminar for Ministers and Parliamentary 
Secretaries (April 2000) 
 
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(iii) "Legal Imperatives for Managers" - Paper delivered at Seminar 
for Senior Public and Private Sector Managers, Fort Young Hotel, 
Dominica (April 1999) 
(iv) "The Doctrine of Ministerial Responsibility and the Positions 
and Functions of the Permanent Secretary in Dominica" - LL.B Thesis 
(1985) 
 
References: 
 
His Excellency Dr. Nicholas J. O. Liverpool, DAH 
President, Commonwealth of Dominica 
37 Margaret's Gap, P. O. Box 2333, Roseau, Dominica 
Telephone: (767) 448-8968; Fax: (767) 448-4237 
Email address: liverpooln@cwdom.dm 
 
Mr. Alick B. A. Lazare 
Financial Consultant, Retired Financial Secretary and Special Fiscal 
Advisor, Government of Dominica 
Lower Morne Bruce, P. O. Box 2358, Roseau, Dominica 
Telephone: (767) 448-3159; Fax: (767) 448-1837 
Email address: lazarea@cwdom.dm 
 
Professor Albert Fiadjoe 
Reader in Public Law 
Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Cavehill Campus, 
Barbados 
Cell: (246) 417-4242; Fax: (246) 424-0109 
Email address: afiadjoe@sunbeach.net 
 
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