Cameron R. Hume (born 1947) is the United States Ambassador to Indonesia. He presented his credentials on August 1, 2007.
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.
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.
Shortly after leaving his post as Ambassador in 2010, Hume joined Sinar Mas Group as an adviser, a move that sparked criticism from environmentalists[1], who blame Sinar Mas Group companies for deforestation in Indonesia.