Yuri Kim | |
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| Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs | |
| Assumed office July 18, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Assistant Secretary | James C. O’Brien |
| Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs | |
| In office July 10, 2023 – October 5, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Dereck J. Hogan (acting) |
| Succeeded by | James C. O’Brien |
| 15th United States Ambassador to Albania | |
| In office January 27, 2020 – June 25, 2023 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Donald Lu |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Vanhorn (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c.1972 (age 51–52) Seoul, South Korea |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BA) University of Cambridge (MPhil) |
Yuri Kim (born c. 1972) is a U.S. diplomat, currently serving as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs. She was the United States Ambassador to Albania 2020 - 2023.[1][2] Kim is the first Korean-American woman to represent the United States as an Ambassador and the first U.S. ambassador from Guam.[3]
- ^ "Ambassador Yuri Kim - U.S. Embassy in Albania". 2021-11-07. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ "PN902 - Nomination of Yuri Kim for Department of State, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. December 19, 2019.
- ^ "US Senate approves Yuri Kim as Ambassador to Albania". top-channel.tv.