Ambassador Flake recently served as the United States Ambassador to The Republic of Türkiye. He was confirmed without opposition by the United States Senate in October 2021.

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 delivered the 2018 commencement address at Harvard Law School, and has been a frequent guest on NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week, CBS’ Face the Nation, Fox News Sunday and CNN’s State of the Union. 

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. He is also the recipient of the Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage from the University Philosophical Society at Trinity College, Dublin.

Ambassador Flake currently serves as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow with the Romney Institute for Public Service and Ethics in the Marriott School of Business, the Sorensen Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership, and the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University. He also serves as a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University.

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.

Ambassador Flake and his wife, Cheryl, are the parents of five grown children.