| Robert R. King | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to North Korea | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office November 24, 2009 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
Robert R. "Bob" King (born June 8, 1942) was nominated in September 2009 by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate in November 2009, to serve as United States special envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, an ambassadorial ranked position.[1]
King is a native of Wyoming. King holds a bachelors degree from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He worked for 24 years as the chief of staff to congressman Tom Lantos and at the same time Democratic Staff Director of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (2001–2009). Earlier he was Assistant Director of Research at Radio Free Europe in Munich, Germany, and as a White House Fellow, a member of the National Security Council Staff in the Carter Administration.
King is the author of five books and some 40 articles on international relations topics.[2] King received the Knight’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary. He is a Latter-day Saint and served from 1961-1963 as a missionary in the New England Mission of the Church.
King and his wife Kay are the parents of three children. And is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.