Ambassador Jeff Flake

Former Senator

Ambassador Jeff Flake recently served as the United States Ambassador to The Republic of Türkiye. Prior to his ambassadorial service, Ambassador Flake represented Arizona in the United States Senate from 2013 to 2019. He also represented Arizona in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013. Prior to entering Congress, Ambassador Flake served as Executive Director of the Goldwater Institute in Arizona. He also directed the Foundation for Democracy in Namibia during that nation’s transition to independence. Ambassador Flake holds a BA degree in International Relations and an MA degree in Political Science from Brigham Young University. Ambassador Flake has been a contributor to CNN and CBS News. He has guest lectured at Stanford, Princeton and Yale, and he was a Resident Fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics. Ambassador Flake has been a frequent guest on the Sunday morning political talk shows. He is the author of the New York Times best seller Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle. Ambassador Flake serves as Chairman of the Board of World Trade Center Utah, Director of the Institute of Politics at Arizona State University, and as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Brigham Young University. At the end of this month, he is looking forward to being knighted by the Swedish government to the Order of the Polar Star for his role in securing Sweden’s entry into NATO. Ambassador Flake and his wife, Cheryl, are the parents of five grown children and six grandchildren.

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