Robert F. Godec
| Robert Frank Godec | |
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| United States Ambassador to Kenya | |
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Assumed office January 2, 2013 |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Scott Gration |
| United States Ambassador to Tunisia | |
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In office 2006–2009 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | William J. Hudson |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Gray |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1956 (age 60–61) Rantoul, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Lori G. Magnusson |
| Alma mater |
University of Virginia Yale University |
| Occupation | Career FSO |
Robert Frank "Bob" Godec (born 1956) is an American career diplomat. He is a Career Minister in the Senior Foreign Service and since 2012 has been the United States Ambassador to Kenya. From 2006 to 2009 he was the United States Ambassador to Tunisia.
In December 2010 a number of classified diplomatic cables written by Godec from Tunisia in 2008 and 2009 were released by and published by Al Akhbar in Beirut. Many of them were highly critical of the public and personal life of the Tunisian president, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, and his family. Godec mentioned high-level corruption, a "sclerotic" regime, and deep dislike or even hatred for the president's wife, Leila Trabelsi, and her family. There were later suggestions in the press that his comments could have fuelled the Tunisian Revolution, which began in December 2010 and led to the flight of Ben Ali to Saudi Arabia in January 2011.
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