Daniel Rubinstein Explained

Daniel Rubinstein
Office:United States Ambassador to Tunisia
President:Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Term Start:October 22, 2015
Term End:January 15, 2019
Predecessor:Jacob Walles
Successor:Donald Blome
Office1:United States Special Envoy for Syria
President1:Barack Obama
Term Start1:March 17, 2014
Term End1:July 27, 2015
Predecessor1:Robert Ford
(as Ambassador)
Successor1:Michael Ratney
Office2:United States Consul General in Jerusalem
President2:Barack Obama
Term Start2:September 6, 2009
Term End2:July 29, 2012
Predecessor2:Jacob Walles
Successor2:Michael Ratney
Spouse:Julie Adams
Alma Mater:University of California, Berkeley

Daniel H. Rubinstein (born 1967) is a United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat he had served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Sudan. He has served as consul general, the top U.S. official at the Jerusalem consulate and directed the State Department's Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs. From October 2015 to January 2019, Rubinstein served as United States Ambassador to Tunisia; he was succeeded by Donald A. Blome.

Career

Rubinstein is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.[1] A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Rubinstein also served as Consul General and Chief of Mission in Jerusalem from 2009 to 2012, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan from 2005 to 2008, and as Chief of the Civilian Observer Unit in the Multinational Force and Observers in Sinai, Egypt. Earlier, he served as Director of the Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs in the Department of State from 2004 to 2005.[1] Rubinstein speaks Arabic, Hebrew, and Portuguese.[2]

Rubinstein, one of the State Department's leading “Arabists,” replaced Ambassador Robert Ford as the US Special Envoy to Syria.[3] [4]

In March 2014, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Rubinstein would replace Robert Stephen Ford as the United States Special Envoy for Syria.[5] Rubinstein thus served as Ambassador from October 2015 to January 2019.[6]

Rubinstein was appointed as Charge d'Affaires ad interim at the US Embassy in Cairo on August 23, 2022.[7]

Rubinstein was appointed as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Sudan on February 23, 2024.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daniel Rubinstein. Jewish Virtual Library. July 17, 2024.
  2. Web site: W. June 24, 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170602163933/https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/213571.htm . June 2, 2017 .
  3. Web site: Jewish Arabist is DC's new envoy to Syria. .
  4. Web site: Daniel Rubinstein tapped as chief Syria envoy. March 18, 2014.
  5. News: Kerry Announces U.S. Representative to Syrian Opposition. The New York Times. March 17, 2014. Gordon. Michael R..
  6. Web site: Ambassador Rubinstein Makes Final Stop at North Africa American Cemetery . American Battle Monuments Commission . January 18, 2019 . www.abmc.gov . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190428105755/https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/ambassador-rubinstein-makes-final-stop-north-africa-american-cemetery . April 28, 2019 . January 5, 2020.
  7. Web site: Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, Ambassador Daniel Rubinstein Assumes Duty at U.S. Embassy Cairo. April 10, 2024. U.S. Embassy in Egypt. August 23, 2024 . en-US.
  8. Web site: U.S. Ambassador John T. Godfrey has concluded his tenure as the first American Ambassador to Sudan in a quarter century. April 10, 2024. U.S. Embassy in Sudan. February 23, 2024 . en-US.

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