Talk:Robert O. Blake Jr.

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Robert Orris Blake Jr. (born 1957) is a career diplomat and the former United States Ambassador to Indonesia|U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia. He formerly served as the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs from 2009 to 2013 and U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives from 2006 to 2009.

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Robert Orris Blake Jr. (born 1957) is an American career diplomat who served as Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives from 2006 to 2009, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs from 2009 to 2013 and Ambassador to Indonesia from 2014 to 2016.

Wikipedia subjects are specified by national origin. No need for "former" and "formerly" when the years of service are indicated. Piping for the purpose of obviating redirect (United States Ambassador to Indonesia|U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia) should be avoided. It seemed most apt to list service appointments in chronological order. As far as links are concerned, the ambassadorships are linked in the infobox. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 08:22, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]