Eric S. Rubin

Eric Seth Rubin (born March 30, 1961) is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2016 to 2019.

[1] Between 1999 and 2000, Rubin became Rusk Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University and was temporarily relieved of his duties.

He remained there until 2004, when he was recalled to Washington to work as the director of the Office of Policy Planning and Coordination in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.

Between 2011 and his nomination for ambassador in 2015, Rubin worked at the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs as deputy assistant secretary.

[6] In December 2019, he and the AFSA raised money for the legal representation of diplomats and other government officials taking part in the 2019 impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.

Rubin and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participate in the virtual American Foreign Service Association memorial ceremony on Foreign Affairs Day from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 7, 2021.