Daniel Rubinstein

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Daniel Rubinstein
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United States Ambassador to Tunisia
In office
October 22, 2015 – January 15, 2019
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byJacob Walles
Succeeded byDonald Blome
United States Special Envoy for Syria
In office
March 17, 2014 – July 27, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byRobert Ford
(as Ambassador)
Succeeded byMichael Ratney
United States Consul General in Jerusalem
In office
September 6, 2009 – July 29, 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJacob Walles
Succeeded byMichael Ratney
Personal details
Born1967 (age 53–54)
Spouse(s)Julie Adams
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley

Daniel H. Rubinstein (born 1967) is a United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat. 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, Mr. 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.[2] Rubinstein speaks Arabic, Hebrew, and Portuguese.[3]

Daniel Rubinstein, one of the State Department's leading “Arabists,” replaced Ambassador Robert Ford as the US Special Envoy to Syria.[4][5]

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.[6] Rubinstein thus served as Ambassador from October 2015 to January 2019, after which he retired from the State Department.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2017-06-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2017-06-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2017-06-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Jewish Arabist is DC's new envoy to Syria".
  5. ^ "Daniel Rubinstein tapped as chief Syria envoy". 2014-03-18.
  6. ^ Gordon, Michael R. (2014-03-17). "Kerry Announces U.S. Representative to Syrian Opposition". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "Ambassador Rubinstein Makes Final Stop at North Africa American Cemetery". www.abmc.gov. American Battle Monuments Commission. January 18, 2019. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Consul General in Jerusalem
2009–2012 		Succeeded by
Preceded byas United States Ambassador to Syria United States Special Envoy for Syria
2014–2015
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Tunisia
2015–2019 		Succeeded by
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