Julie J. Chung

Julie Chung
United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
In office
February 25, 2022 – January 16, 2026
PresidentJoe Biden
Donald Trump
Preceded byAlaina B. Teplitz
Succeeded byJayne Howell, chargé d'affaires a.i.
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
In office
January 20, 2021 – August 3, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byMichael Kozak
Succeeded byRicardo Zúñiga
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
In office
November 2018 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byKenneth H. Merten
Succeeded byHugo Rodriguez
Deputy Chief of Mission, United States Embassy Phnom Penh
In office
2014–2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJeff Daigle
Succeeded byMichael Newbill
Personal details
BornChung Ji-yoon
1973 (age 52–53)
EducationUniversity of California, San Diego (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
Korean name
Hangul
정지윤
Hanja
鄭智允
RRJeong Jiyun
MRChŏng Chiyun
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Julie Jiyoon Chung (Korean줄리 정, birth 1973), birth name as Chung Ji-yoon (Korean정지윤; Hanja鄭智允), is a Korean-American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka from February 25, 2022 to January 16, 2026. She previously served as Acting Assistant Secretary and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the United States Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA). Her first overseas assignment was in Guangzhou, China. Chung has later served in several posts in Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Colombia and Iraq.