Cameron R. Hume

Cameron R. Hume is a career diplomat who has served as United States Ambassador to Algeria (1997-2000), South Africa (2001-2004), and Indonesia (2007–2010).

Career Hume is a member of the United States Foreign Service, rank of Career Minister. His earlier assignments included Italy, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, the United Nations, and the Holy See.

More recently he has served as Ambassador to Algeria and to South Africa, and as Chargé d'Affaires to Sudan. While Ambassador to Indonesia, he focused on oceans, climate change, and education as elements of "soft power" diplomacy.

He has published three books (The United Nations, Iran and Iraq: How Peacemaking Changed (1994), Ending Mozambique's War (1994) and Mission to Algiers: Diplomacy by Engagement (2006)) and numerous articles on foreign policy. He has also been a fellow or guest scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations, Harvard University's Center for International Affairs, and the United States Institute of Peace. He is a lawyer and admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.

His foreign languages include Arabic, French, and Italian.

Since leaving his post as ambassador in 2010, Hume has served as a consultant to various interests in Indonesia, including the Sinar Mas Group. From October 2014 to July 2022, he served a member of NOAA’s Ocean Exploration Advisory Board. He is currently Chairman of the American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Advisor to The Richardson Center. In April 2024, Hume was appointed as the Executive Director of Maritime Humanitarian Aid Foundation (MHAF).