Roland Rich (born 2 May 1951[1]) is a former Australian Ambassador and educator.
He is currently the Director of the United Nations and Global Policy Master of Arts program at Rutgers University, where he has been an Associate Teaching Professor since 2015.
[3][2] Rich joined Australia's foreign service in 1975 and served in a variety of overseas posts, and served in a variety of overseas posts including Paris, Rangoon, Manila and as Ambassador to Laos from 1994 to 1997, before being appointed Assistant Secretary for International Organisations in Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1997.
He was then founding Director of the Australian National University's Centre for Democratic Institutions from 1998 to 2005.
He also has a Masters in International Law form the Australian National University (1982).