Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir | |
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United States Ambassador to Indonesia | |
Assumed office August 8, 2024 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Sung Kim |
27th Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State | |
In office March 1, 2021 – August 4, 2023[1] | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Lisa D. Kenna |
Succeeded by | Dereck J. Hogan |
United States Ambassador to Malaysia | |
In office February 21, 2017[2] – January 21, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Joseph Y. Yun |
Succeeded by | Brian D. McFeeters |
Personal details | |
Born | Brooklyn, New York |
Education | Harvard 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.