Sung Y. Kim
Sung Kim | |
|---|---|
Kim in 2020 | |
| United States Ambassador to Indonesia | |
| In office October 21, 2020 – November 21, 2023 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Joseph R. Donovan Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir |
| United States Special Envoy for North Korea | |
| In office May 21, 2021 – November 21, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Stephen Biegun |
| Succeeded by | Jung H. Pak |
| In office November 6, 2014 – November 3, 2016 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Glyn T. Davies |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Y. Yun |
| Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs | |
Acting | |
| In office January 20, 2021 – June 4, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | David R. Stilwell |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Kritenbrink |
| United States Ambassador to the Philippines | |
| In office December 6, 2016 – October 4, 2020 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Philip Goldberg |
| Succeeded by | John C. Law (Chargé d'Affaires) MaryKay Carlson |
| United States Ambassador to South Korea | |
| In office November 25, 2011 – October 24, 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Kathleen Stephens |
| Succeeded by | Mark Lippert |
| United States Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks | |
| In office July 31, 2008 – October 13, 2011 | |
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Christopher R. Hill |
| Succeeded by | Clifford Hart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kim Sung Yong 1960 (age 64–65) Seoul, South Korea |
| Spouse | Jae Eun Chung |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (BA) Loyola Marymount University (JD) London School of Economics (LLM) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김성용 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Seong Yong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Sŏng Yong |
Sung Yong Kim (Korean: 김성용; born 1960) is an American business advisor and retired diplomat of Korean descent who served as the United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy from 2014 to 2016, and again from 2021 to 2023. He also served as the acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from January to June 2021.
In 2008, Kim was appointed by President George W. Bush as the U.S. Special Envoy for the six-party talks. He later served in the Obama and first Trump administrations as the Ambassador to South Korea from 2011 to 2014 and as the Ambassador to the Philippines from 2016 to 2020. In 2020, Kim was appointed by President Donald Trump as Ambassador to Indonesia. He later reprised his role as special envoy to North Korea in the Biden administration.