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Robert Orris Blake, Jr. is a career diplomat and the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia since November 2013. 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. ==Diplomatic career== 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.〔"(Diplomats hurt in S Lanka attack )", BBC News, February 27, 2007〕 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. Blake was known to be engaged in the Sri Lankan civil society and practice what came to be known as "Public Diplomacy" which led some to label him as an interferer in internal affairs of the country.〔(Robert Blake’s insistence on ‘equal rights’ and interference in Sri Lanka’s Internal Affairs )", The Island, May 10, 2011, 7:32 pm〕 Blake succeeded Richard Boucher when he assumed his duties as the Assistant Secretary for Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs on May 26, 2009.〔Blake, Robert, O. Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State ().〕 He was replaced by Nisha Desai Biswal on October 23, 2013, after being nominated by President Obama to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/30/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert O. Blake, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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