Daniel Rubinstein

Daniel Rubinstein
United States Ambassador to Tunisia
Assumed office
October 22, 2015
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Jacob Walles
United States Special Envoy for Syria
In office
March 17, 2014  July 27, 2015
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Robert Ford (Ambassador)
Succeeded by Michael Ratney
United States Consul General in Jerusalem
In office
September 6, 2009  July 29, 2012
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Jacob Walles
Succeeded by Michael Ratney
Personal details
Born 1967 (age 4849)
Spouse(s) Julie Adams
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
Religion Judaism

Daniel Rubinstein (born 1967) is a United States Foreign Service Officer who 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. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in March 2014 that Rubinstein would replace Robert Stephen Ford as the United States Special Envoy for Syria.[1] And since October 2015, he has been the United States Ambassador to Tunisia.

Career

Rubinstein is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.[2] 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.[3] His foreign languages are Arabic, Hebrew, and Portuguese.[4]

Daniel Rubinstein, one of the State Department’s leading “Arabists,” replaced Ambassador Robert Ford as the US Special Envoy to Syria.[5][6]

References

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Jacob Walles
United States Consul General in Jerusalem
2009–2012
Succeeded by
Michael Ratney
Preceded by
Robert Ford
as United States Ambassador to Syria
United States Special Envoy for Syria
2014–2015
Preceded by
Jacob Walles
United States Ambassador to Tunisia
2015–present
Incumbent
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