Julie J. Chung
Julie Chung | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives | |
| In office February 25, 2022 – January 16, 2026 | |
| President | Joe Biden Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Alaina B. Teplitz |
| Succeeded by | Jayne Howell, chargé d'affaires a.i. |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs | |
| In office January 20, 2021 – August 3, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Michael Kozak |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo Zúñiga |
| Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs | |
| In office November 2018 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Kenneth H. Merten |
| Succeeded by | Hugo Rodriguez |
| Deputy Chief of Mission, United States Embassy Phnom Penh | |
| In office 2014–2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Jeff Daigle |
| Succeeded by | Michael Newbill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chung Ji-yoon 1973 (age 52–53) |
| Education | University of California, San Diego (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 정지윤 |
| Hanja | 鄭智允 |
| RR | Jeong Jiyun |
| MR | Chŏng Chiyun |
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Julie Jiyoon Chung (Korean: 줄리 정, birth 1973), birth name as Chung Ji-yoon (Korean: 정지윤; 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.