Robert O. Blake, Jr.
| Robert Blake | |
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| United States Ambassador to Indonesia | |
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Assumed office January 30, 2014 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Scot Marciel |
| Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs | |
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In office May 26, 2009 – October 18, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Richard Boucher |
| Succeeded by | Nisha Biswal |
| United States Ambassador to the Maldives | |
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In office October 30, 2006 – May 21, 2009 |
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| President |
George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Jeffrey Lunstead |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Butenis |
| United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka | |
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In office September 9, 2006 – May 21, 2009 |
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| President |
George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Jeffrey Lunstead |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Butenis |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Robert Orris Blake, Jr. 1957 (age 59–60) |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Johns Hopkins University |
Robert Orris Blake, Jr. (born 1957) is a career diplomat and the current U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia. He formerly served as the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs from 2009 to 2013 and U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives from 2006 to 2009.
He is the son of Robert O. Blake, retired U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Blake is a career Foreign Service Officer, having entered the Foreign Service in 1985. He has served at the U.S. embassies in Tunisia, Algeria, Nigeria and Egypt. He also has held a number of positions at the State Department in Washington, D.C. Blake served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission in New Delhi, India, from 2003 to 2006.
Blake arrived in Sri Lanka on September 8, 2006, to take up his duties as Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives. Blake presented his credentials on September 9 to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. In January 2007 he met with President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to discuss renewable energy in the Maldives. In February 2007, Blake received minor injuries from a mortar blast while exiting a helicopter at a Sri Lankan air base in Batticaloa, where he was to attend a development meeting. Tamil rebels are believed to be responsible for the mortar attack. The Tigers claimed they were not informed by the government that the ambassador was present and were only returning fire from the Sri Lankan Army.
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