Donald Blome

Donald Armin Blome is an American diplomat who is serving Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research since February 2025. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Pakistan. He also served as the United States ambassador to Tunisia from 2019 to 2022.^[3]

Donald Blome
United States Ambassador to Pakistan
In office July 1, 2022 – January 10, 2025[1]
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	David Hale
Succeeded by	Natalie A. Baker (Chargé d'affaires[2])
United States Ambassador to Tunisia
In office February 21, 2019 – April 5, 2022
President	Donald Trump Joe Biden
Preceded by	Daniel Rubinstein
Succeeded by	Joey R. Hood
United States Consul General in Jerusalem
In office July 2015 – August 2018
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	Michael Ratney
Succeeded by	Karen Sasahara
Personal details
Nationality	American
Education	University of Michigan (BA, JD)

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.^[4]

United States Ambassador to Tunisia

In August 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Blome to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia.^[5] His nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote on January 2, 2019.^[6] He was sworn into office on January 9, 2019.^[7] He presented his credentials to President Beji Caid Essebsi on February 7, 2019.^[8]

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.^[4] 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.^[9] He was sworn into office on April 11, 2022, and he arrived in the country on May 23, 2022.^[10][11] He presented his credentials on July 1, 2022.^[12]

Personal life

Blome is fluent in Arabic.^[4]

See also

• Ambassadors of the United States