Robert Frank Godec (born 1956)[1] is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Thailand since October 2022.

He served as acting deputy chief of mission and minister counselor for Economic Affairs in the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.

In December 2010 a number of leaked diplomatic cables written by Godec from Tunisia in 2008 and 2009[10] were published by Al Akhbar in Beirut.

[11] Many of them were highly critical of the public and personal life of the Tunisian president, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, and his family.

Godec mentioned high-level corruption, a "sclerotic" regime, and deep dislike or even hatred for the president's wife, Leila Trabelsi, and her family.

[11] There were later suggestions in the press that his comments could have fuelled the Tunisian Revolution, which began in December 2010 and led to the flight of Ben Ali to Saudi Arabia in January 2011.