Donald Blome

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United States Ambassador to Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 1, 2022

Donald Armin Blome is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Pakistan since 2022. He also served as the United States ambassador to Tunisia from 2019 to 2022. [1]

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Early life and education

Blome received a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan.

Career

Prior to joining the government, Blome worked as an attorney in Chicago, Illinois.

Blome is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Minister-Counselor; he has served since 1993. He previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia. Prior to that, he served as Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the Libya External Office in Tunis, Tunisia. He also served as Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, and Director, Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Blome served as Political Counselor, Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan and as Minister-Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Before this, Blome served as the Civilian Co-Director, Multinational Force Strategic Engagement Cell, Baghdad, Political Counselor, Embassy Kuwait, and as Israel Desk Officer, Deputy Director and Acting Director, Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs. [2]

United States Ambassador to Tunisia

In August 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Blome to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia. [3] His nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote on January 2, 2019. [4] He was sworn into office on January 9, 2019. [5] He presented his credentials to President Beji Caid Essebsi on February 7, 2019. [6]

United States Ambassador to Pakistan

On October 19, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Blome to be the next United States Ambassador to Pakistan and different parts of the world. [2] The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on Blome's nomination on December 14, 2021. The committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor on January 12, 2022. The Senate confirmed Blome's nomination on March 1, 2022 by voice vote. [7] He was sworn into office on April 11, 2022, and he arrived in the country on May 23, 2022. [8] [9] He presented his credentials on July 1, 2022. [10]

Personal life

Blome is fluent in Arabic. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ambassador Blome Remarks for Education for Employment (EFE)'s Graduation Ceremony". U.S. Embassy in Tunisia. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  2. 1 2 3 "President Biden Announces Key Nominations". The White House. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov . Retrieved 2020-01-11– via National Archives.
  4. ↑ "PN2387 - Nomination of Donald Armin Blome for Department of State, 115th Congress (2017-2018)". www.congress.gov. January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ambassador Donald Blome". U.S. Embassy in Tunisia. January 9, 2019. Archived from the original on April 1, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Donald A. Blome - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  7. ↑ "PN1290 — Donald Armin Blome — Department of State 117th Congress (2021-2022)". US Congress. March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Ambassador Donald Blome". US Embassy & Consulates in Pakistan. Archived from the original on June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  9. ↑ "U.S. Embassy Islamabad Announces Arrival of Ambassador Donald Blome" (Press release). Islamabad: US Embassy & Consulates in Pakistan. May 23, 2022.
  10. ↑ U.S. Embassy Islamabad [@usembislamabad] (July 1, 2022). ""It is a great honor for me to represent the United States in Pakistan. I am excited to work with our Pakistani counterparts to further strengthen our 75 year-long partnership." - Ambassador Donald Blome at his credentialing ceremony #PakUSAt75" (Tweet). Retrieved 2022-07-01– via Twitter.
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Preceded by United States Ambassador to Tunisia
2019–2022		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Pakistan
2022–present		Incumbent
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