Robert D. Blackwill

Robert D. Blackwill
20th United States Ambassador to India
In office
September 14, 2001 – July 31, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byDick Celeste
Succeeded byDavid Mulford
Personal details
Born (1939-08-08) August 8, 1939 (age 85)
Kellogg, Idaho, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Robert Dean Blackwill (born August 8, 1939)[1] is a retired American diplomat, author, senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations,[2] and lobbyist. Blackwill served as the United States Ambassador to India under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003 and as United States National Security Council Deputy for Iraq from 2003 to 2004, where he was a liaison between Paul Bremer and Condoleezza Rice.