Cameron R. Hume
United States Ambassador to Indonesia
In office
August 1, 2007  August 7, 2010
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byB. Lynn Pascoe
Succeeded byScot Marciel
United States Ambassador to Sudan
(Acting)
In office
October 2005  June 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJohn Limbert (Acting)
Succeeded byAlberto Fernandez (Acting)
Inspector General of the Department of State
(Acting)
In office
August 23, 2004  May 2, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJohn E. Lange (Acting)
Succeeded byHoward Krongard
United States Ambassador to South Africa
In office
November 29, 2001  July 28, 2004
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byDelano Lewis
Succeeded byJendayi Frazer
United States Ambassador to Algeria
In office
December 28, 1997  September 13, 2000
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byRonald E. Neumann
Succeeded byJanet A. Sanderson
Personal details
Born1947 (age 7677)
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
American University (JD)

Cameron R. Hume (born 1947) is a career diplomat who has served as United States Ambassador to Algeria (1997-2000), South Africa (2001-2004), and Indonesia (2007–2010).

Career

Hume is a member of the United States Foreign Service, rank of Career Minister. His earlier assignments included Italy, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, the United Nations, and the Holy See.

More recently he has served as Ambassador to Algeria and to South Africa, and as Chargé d'Affaires to Sudan. While Ambassador to Indonesia, he focused on oceans, climate change, and education as elements of "soft power" diplomacy.[1]

He has published three books (The United Nations, Iran and Iraq: How Peacemaking Changed (1994), Ending Mozambique's War (1994) and Mission to Algiers: Diplomacy by Engagement (2006)) and numerous articles on foreign policy. He has also been a fellow or guest scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations, Harvard University's Center for International Affairs, and the United States Institute of Peace. He is a lawyer and admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.

His foreign languages include Arabic, French, and Italian.

Since leaving his post as ambassador in 2010, Hume has served as a consultant to various interests in Indonesia,[2] including the Sinar Mas Group. His role with Sinar Mas sparked criticism from environmentalists,[3] who blame Sinar Mas Group companies for deforestation in Indonesia. He brokered a settlement between Greenpeace and Sinar Mas' Golden Agri-Resources subsidiary in February 2011 that committed the company to less disruptive forestry practices.[4]

References

  1. "A Smart-Power Partnership with Indonesia". The Ambassadors Review. Spring 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  2. "Ambassador Cameron Hume". oeab.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. Butler, Rhett (17 March 2011). "Pulp and paper firms urged to save 1.2M ha of forest slated for clearing in Indonesia". Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  4. Harvey, Fiona (9 February 2011). "Palm oil giant vows to spare most valuable Indonesian rainforest". The Guardian.
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