David T. Johnson

David Timothy Johnson (born 1954)[1] is a member of the International Narcotics Control Board and retired United States diplomat and the former Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.

He spent a year working in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency before joining the United States Foreign Service in 1977.

In the course of his career in the Foreign Service, Johnson focused on European security affairs and served as desk officer for Berlin, Austria, and Switzerland; an economic officer at the Embassy of the United States in Berlin; and a vice consul at the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juárez.

In 1995, Johnson became Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the White House and Spokesman for the United States National Security Council.

In January 1998, he became United States ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, a position he held until December 2001.