Robert F. Godec

Robert Frank Godec
United States Ambassador to Thailand
Assumed office
October 7, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byMichael G. DeSombre
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Acting
In office
January 20, 2021 – September 30, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byTibor P. Nagy Jr.
Succeeded byMary Catherine Phee
United States Ambassador to Kenya
In office
February 15, 2013 – February 1, 2019
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byScott Gration
Succeeded byKyle McCarter
United States Ambassador to Tunisia
In office
January 17, 2007 – July 29, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byWilliam J. Hudson
Succeeded byGordon Gray III
Personal details
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Rantoul, Illinois, U.S.
SpouseLori G. Magnusson
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
Yale University (MA)

Robert Frank Godec (born 1956)[1] is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Thailand since October 2022. He formerly served as the United States ambassador to Kenya from 2013 to 2019 and the United States ambassador to Tunisia from 2006 to 2009.[2][3][4] He also served as acting assistant secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs from January to September 2021.[5]

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