Robert S. Gilchrist
Robert S. Gilchrist | |
|---|---|
| Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | |
| In office September 11, 2023 – August 30, 2024 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| United States Ambassador to Lithuania | |
| In office February 4, 2020 – August 12, 2023 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Anne Hall |
| Succeeded by | Tamir Waser Chargé d'Affairs ad interim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Stuart Gilchrist 1964 (age 60–61) Leesburg, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Wake Forest University (BA) University of Virginia (MA) |
Robert Stuart Gilchrist (born 1964) is an American diplomat who had served as the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor from September 2023 to August 2024. He served as the United States ambassador to Lithuania from February 2020 to August 2023. He is a career Foreign Service Officer with the rank of minister counselor. He was appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20, 2019. Gilchrist was the fifth US ambassador from the LGBT community nominated to serve by the Trump administration.