Robert Porter Jackson (born 1956 in Paris, Tennessee)[1][2] is a retired American foreign service officer and diplomat.

[3] [4] After earning his B.A., Jackson taught English and American Civilization at the University of Clermont II in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

He worked briefly for the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Internal Revenue Service before becoming an English teacher at Institut Montana in Zugerberg, Switzerland.

Jackson began his Foreign Service career in 1982, serving as a Consular and Economic Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal, Canada.

He was also the United States Ambassador to Cameroon, where he helped to double U.S. exports and promoted entrepreneurship and biodiversity.