Michele Jeanne Sison is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service serving as the assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs. She has previously served in various other diplomatic posts around the world on behalf of the United States,including ambassador to Haiti. Sison holds the personal rank of career ambassador.
Bilateral ties between Malaysia and the United States were established upon Malayan independence in 1957. The US was,and still is one of the largest trading partners for Malaysia and is traditionally considered to be Malaysia's oldest and closest ally in military,economic and education sectors. Malaya was the predecessor state to Malaysia,a larger federation formed through the merger of Malaya,North Borneo,Sarawak and Singapore in 1963. Immediately before the merger,the latter three territories were previously part of the British Empire. But the US has had consular and commercial presence in Malaya since the 1800s. US merchants,especially Joseph William Torrey together with Thomas Bradley Harris also had commercial interests in north western coast of Borneo in the 19th century as well,where they established the American Trading Company of Borneo.
Eunice Sharon Reddick is an American diplomat and is a former ambassador to Niger. She previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Gabon and São Toméand Príncipe.
Sung Yong Kim is an American diplomat of Korean descent who has served as the United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy since 2021,and previously from 2014 to 2016. He has also served as the acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from January to June 2021.
The nations of Malaysia and Mexico established diplomatic relations in 1974. Both nations are members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation,Forum of East Asia–Latin America Cooperation and the United Nations.
Bernadette M. Meehan is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Chile since 2022. She previously worked as chief international officer for the Obama Foundation. She also served as a spokesperson for the United States National Security Council in the Obama Administration.
Gina Kay Abercrombie-Winstanley(born 1957) is an American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Malta from 2012 to 2016. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed on March 29,2012. She was sworn in on April 18,2012,and presented her credentials to George Abela,President of Malta,on May 2,2012. On April 12,2021,she was sworn in to serve as chief diversity and inclusion officer for the United States Department of State.
Karen Clark Stanton is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to East Timor. Stanton was nominated by President Barack Obama July 31,2013 and confirmed by the Senate November 19,2014.
Virginia Evelyn Palmer is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Ghana since 2022. Palmer is the former United States ambassador to Malawi. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate,beginning that assignment in January 2015.
Beibut Atamkulov is a Kazakh politician and diplomat currently serving as the Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development. He served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs from December 2018 to September 2019. Atamkulov has an economic and financial background. Previously,Atamkulov served as the head of the newly created Ministry of Defence and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan.
Lynne M. Tracy is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Russia,serving since January 2023. She formerly served as the United States ambassador to Armenia from 2019 to 2022.
Judy Rising Reinke is an American diplomat and the United States Ambassador to Montenegro.
Kate Marie Byrnes is an American diplomat,who served as the United States ambassador to North Macedonia between July 2019 and September 2022. She is a career diplomat who has received many awards for her service.
Bridget Ann Brink is an American diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine. In April 2022,she was nominated by President Joe Biden to be the United States ambassador to Ukraine,and presented her credentials in May 2022. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Slovakia from August 20,2019,until May 18,2022.
Matthew John Matthews was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Brunei from 2019 to 2020.
Yuri Kim 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.
Thomas Laszlo Vajda is an American diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Myanmar between 2021-2022.
Caryn R. McClelland is an American diplomat who is serving as the United States ambassador to Brunei. She assumed office in 2022.
Richard Lee Buangan is an American diplomat who has served as United States ambassador to Mongolia since November 2022.
