Daniel Rubinstein

Daniel H. Rubinstein (born 1967) is a United States Foreign Service Officer who has served in a series of diplomatic posts including as United States Ambassador to Tunisia from 2015 to 2019.

Career Rubinstein is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Rubinstein also served as Consul General and Chief of Mission in Jerusalem from 2009 to 2012, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan from 2005 to 2008, and as Chief of the Civilian Observer Unit in the Multinational Force and Observers in Sinai, Egypt. Earlier, he served as Director of the Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs in the Department of State from 2004 to 2005.

Rubinstein, one of the State Department's leading "Arabists," replaced Ambassador Robert Ford as the US Special Envoy to Syria.

In March 2014, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Rubinstein would replace Robert Stephen Ford as the United States Special Envoy for Syria. Rubinstein served as Ambassador from October 2015 to January 2019.

Rubinstein was appointed as Charge d'Affaires ad interim at the US Embassy in Cairo on August 23, 2022.

Rubinstein was appointed as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Sudan on February 23, 2024. He left the post in May 2024.