Yuri Kim (ambassador)
Yuri Kim | |
|---|---|
| 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 52–53) 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. Kim is the first Korean-American woman to represent the United States as an ambassador and the first U.S. ambassador from Guam.