Robert B. Charles

Bobby Charles
8th Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
In office
October 6, 2003  March 15, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRand Beers
Succeeded byAnne W. Patterson
Personal details
Born
Robert Bruce Charles

(1960-08-23) August 23, 1960
Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMarina Timascheff (1988–present)
Children1
EducationDartmouth College (BA)
New College, Oxford (MA)
Columbia University (JD)
WebsiteOfficial website
Campaign website

Robert Bruce Charles (born 1960) is an American lawyer and Republican political figure. He was assistant secretary of state at the U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs for eighteen months from October 2003 to March 2005. He is a candidate for Governor of Maine in the 2026 election.