Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir

Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir
United States Ambassador to Indonesia
Assumed office
August 8, 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded bySung Y. Kim
27th Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State
In office
March 1, 2021 – August 4, 2023[1]
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byLisa D. Kenna
Succeeded byDereck J. Hogan
United States Ambassador to Malaysia
In office
February 21, 2017[2] – January 21, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byJoseph Y. Yun
Succeeded byBrian D. McFeeters
Personal details
BornBrooklyn, New York
EducationHarvard University (BA)
New York University (MA)
National War College (MA)

Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir is an American diplomat and is the current United States Ambassador to Indonesia. She had served as the Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State from 2021 to 2023. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Malaysia from 2017 to 2021.

  1. ^ "Kamala S. Lakhdhir".
  2. ^ "Ambassador Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir presented her credentials to His Majesty The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong XV Sultan Muhammad V yesterday in a ceremony at Istana Negara". Facebook. February 22, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2018.