January 9, 2020


Yuri Kim

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the United States of America to the Republic of Albania
United States Department of State



Dear Friend:

We are pleased to share with you that Yuri Kim has sworn in this afternoon at the Swearing-In Ceremony held at the Benjamin Franklin State Dining Room of the State Department.

Ambassador Yuri Kim is the first American woman Ambassador of Korean ancestry.

Yuri is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, of the Department of State.

She earned her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MPhil from Cambridge University.

ICAS is proud of supporting her.

Thank you.