Sung Kim | |
|---|---|
 Kim in 2020 | |
| United States Ambassador to Indonesia | |
| In office October 21, 2020 – November 21, 2023[1] | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Joseph R. Donovan Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir |
| United States Special Envoy for North Korea | |
| In office May 21, 2021 – November 21, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Stephen Biegun |
| Succeeded by | Jung H. Pak |
| In office November 6, 2014 – November 3, 2016 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Glyn T. Davies |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Y. Yun |
| Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs | |
Acting | |
| In office January 20, 2021 – June 4, 2021[2] | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | David R. Stilwell |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Kritenbrink |
| United States Ambassador to the Philippines | |
| In office December 6, 2016 – October 4, 2020[3] | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Philip Goldberg |
| Succeeded by | John C. Law (Chargé d'Affaires) MaryKay Carlson |
| United States Ambassador to South Korea | |
| In office November 25, 2011 – October 24, 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Kathleen Stephens |
| Succeeded by | Mark Lippert |
| United States Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks | |
| In office July 31, 2008 – October 13, 2011 | |
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Christopher R. Hill |
| Succeeded by | Clifford Hart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kim Sung Yong 1960 (age 63–64)[3] Seoul, South Korea |
| Spouse | Jae Eun Chung |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (BA) Loyola Marymount University (JD) London School of Economics (LLM) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김성용 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Seong Yong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Sŏng Yong |
Sung Yong Kim (Korean: 김성용; born 1960)[3][5] is an American diplomat of Korean descent who has served as the United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy since 2021, and previously from 2014 to 2016. He has also served as the acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from January to June 2021.[2][6]
In 2008, Kim was appointed by President George W. Bush as the U.S. Special Envoy for the Six-party talks. He later served in the Obama and Trump administrations as the Ambassador to South Korea from 2011 to 2014 and as the Ambassador to the Philippines from 2016 to 2020.[7] In 2020, Kim was appointed by President Donald Trump as Ambassador to Indonesia.
- ^ "Ambassador Sung y. Kim Bids Farewell to Indonesia; Michael F. Kleine Assumes Duty as Chargé d'Affaires a.i." November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b Sung Kim, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, archived from the original on June 18, 2021, retrieved June 18, 2021
- ^ a b c "Sung Y. Kim (1960-)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ 성민호 (January 22, 2021). "성 김, 미 국무부 동아태 차관보 대행 임명". 시사경제신문. Archived from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- ^ Two Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Commencement for the Conferring of Degrees (PDF), University of Pennsylvania, May 17, 1982, p. 12
- ^ "PN967 – Nomination of Sung Y. Kim for Department of State, 116th Congress (2019–2020)". www.congress.gov. United States Congress. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ "Sung Kim". U.S. Department of State. November 6, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2015.