Daniel N. Rosenblum

Daniel N. Rosenblum
United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 14, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byWilliam H. Moser
United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan
In office
May 24, 2019 – August 30, 2022
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byPamela L. Spratlen
Succeeded byJonathan Henick
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
EducationYale University (BA)
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (MA)

Daniel N. Rosenblum is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Kazakhstan since 2022. He formerly served as the United States ambassador to Uzbekistan from 2019 to 2022.

Early life and education

Rosenblum earned a Bachelor of Arts in history, summa cum laude, from Yale University and a Master of Arts in Soviet Studies and International Economics from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.[1]

Career

For more than two decades, Rosenblum has served in senior United States Government positions managing people and resources, leading negotiations, building consensus, and communicating publicly about United States Government policy toward the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia. Rosenblum has put together billion-dollar aid packages to stabilize and rebuild countries in crisis, organized and led inter-agency teams in support of counter-terrorism goals, and forged strong diplomatic ties with key United States partners in Central Asia. Previously, he served as a senior program coordinator for the Free Trade Union Institute, a legislative assistant to United States Senator Carl Levin, and a research assistant in the House of Lords in London. From 2014 to 2019, he served as deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.[1]

United States ambassador to Uzbekistan

On June 18, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Rosenblum to be the next United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan. Hearings on his nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on August 23, 2018. The committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor on September 18, 2018. The Senate did not act on his nomination for the rest of the year and was returned to President Trump on January 3, 2019.[2]

Rosenblum's nomination was resent on January 16, 2019. The committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor on April 3, 2019. His nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote on April 11, 2019.[3][4] He was sworn into office on May 9, 2019.[5] He presented copies of his credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov on May 24, 2019.[6] His tenure as ambassador ended around August 2022.[7]

United States ambassador to Kazakhstan

On June 3, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Rosenblum to be the next United States ambassador to Kazakhstan.[8] On July 27, 2022, hearings on his nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. His nomination was favorably reported by the committee on August 4, 2022. Rosenblum was confirmed by the Senate the following day, August 5, 2022 by voice vote.[9] Rosenblum presented his credentials to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on November 14, 2022.[10]

Personal life

His parents were Louis and Evelyn Rosenblum. His father worked for NASA for 30 years.[11][12] Rosenblum speaks Russian.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts" White House, June 18, 2018 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "PN2237 - Nomination of Daniel N. Rosenblum for Department of State, 115th Congress (2017-2018)". www.congress.gov. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. ^ "PN138 - Nomination of Daniel N. Rosenblum for Department of State, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. April 11, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "Daniel Rosenblum becomes US Ambassador to Uzbekistan". UzDaily.uz (in Russian). April 21, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "New U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Daniel Rosenblum swears-in". tashkenttimes.uz. May 13, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  6. ^ "Meeting with the U.S. Ambassador". www.un.int. May 24, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Daniel Rosenblum [@dnrosenblum] (2022-08-30). "Had farewell call today with Ismatulla Irgashev, Special Envoy for Afghanistan. We worked together VERY closely during my 3 years here. No one is more knowledgeable about AFG—he knows EVERYONE there! US-UZB regional security cooperation is super close—thanks largely to Isma-aka" (Tweet). Retrieved 2022-11-01 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  9. ^ "PN2221 - Nomination of Daniel N. Rosenblum for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  10. ^ U.S. Embassy to Kazakhstan [@USembassyKAZ] (November 14, 2022). "Ambassador Rosenblum presented his credentials to President Tokayev on November 14, 2022, marking his official start as U.S. Ambassador in Kazakhstan" (Tweet). Retrieved 2022-11-14 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Statement of Daniel Rosenblum Nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan" (PDF). Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. August 23, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  12. ^ Segall, Grant; Dealer, The Plain (April 13, 2019). "Louis Rosenblum, 95, NASA innovator, led drive to free Soviet Jews". cleveland.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan
2019–2022 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan
2022–present 		Incumbent