Ambassador Jeff Flake

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 and directed the Foundation for Democracy in Namibia during that nation’s transition to independence. Ambassador Flake has been a contributor to CNN and CBS News and a frequent guest on Sunday morning political talk shows. He has guest-lectured at Stanford, Princeton, and Yale and was a Resident Fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics. 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, whose goal is to elevate Utah’s global status and international engagement. He also serves as a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University and a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Brigham Young University. Ambassador Flake holds a B.A. in International Relations and an M.A. in Political Science from Brigham Young University.