Blake, Robert Orris, 1957-

Robert O. Blake, Jr. is a Senior Director for McLarty Associates, leading up their Southeast Asia practice.

Prior to this, Blake served for 31 years in the State Department in a wide range of leadership positions, most recently serving as the US Ambassador to Indonesia from 2014 to 2016, where he focused on building stronger business and educational ties between the US and Indonesia, while also developing cooperation to help Indonesia reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In 2009, he was nominated by President Obama to be Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, serving from 2009 to 2013, for which he was awarded the State Department’s Distinguished Service Award. From 2006 to 2009, he served concurrently as US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission in India from 2003 to 2006, where he was named the worldwide DCM of the Year by the State Department.

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