List of United States Special Representatives for North Korea

United States Special Representative for North Korea; 대북특별대표
	Seal of the United States Department of State
	Incumbent; Vacant; since January 20, 2021
Nominator	The President of the United States
Appointer	Secretary of State

North Korea and the United States have no formal diplomatic relations. Sweden acts as the protecting power of United States interests in North Korea for consular matters.[1]

Current office holders

The most recent office holder, Stephen Biegun, resigned on December 21, 2019 to become the United States Deputy Secretary of State.


No.		Term start	Term end	US President	NK Supreme Leader
1	Stephen W. Bosworth	February 20, 2009	October 26, 2011	Barack Obama	Kim Jong-il
2	Glyn T. Davies	October 26, 2011	November 6, 2014		Kim Jong-il
2	Glyn T. Davies	October 26, 2011	November 6, 2014		Kim Jong-un
3	Sung Kim	November 6, 2014	November 3, 2016
4	Joseph Y. Yun	October 17, 2016	March 2, 2018
4	Joseph Y. Yun	October 17, 2016	March 2, 2018	Donald Trump
5	Stephen Biegun	August 23, 2018	January 20, 2021	Donald Trump


Special Envoys	Term start	Term end	US President	NK Supreme Leader
Jack Pritchard	April 2001	September 2003	George W. Bush	Kim Jong-il
James A. Kelly	September 2003	January 2005	George W. Bush	Kim Jong-il
Christopher R. Hill	February 14, 2005	2008	George W. Bush Barack Obama	Kim Jong-il
Sung Kim	July 31, 2008	October 13, 2011	Barack Obama	Kim Jong-il
Clifford Hart	October 31, 2011	July 23, 2013	Barack Obama	Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-un
Sydney Seiler	September 2, 2014	2015	Barack Obama	Kim Jong-un


Special Envoys	Term start	Term end	US President	NK Supreme Leader
Jay Lefkowitz	August 19, 2005	January 2009	George W. Bush	Kim Jong-il
Robert R. King	November 24, 2009	January 12, 2017	Barack Obama	Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-un

Jay Lefkowitz was President George W. Bush's Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea.[2]
Sung Kim served as the Special Representative for North Korea Policy from November 2014-September 2016 and as Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks from 2008-2011.[3]
Stephen W. Bosworth served as special envoy to North Korea from 2009 to 2011, under President Obama. He had previously been an ambassador to several countries, including to South Korea from 1997 to 2001.[4]
Robert R. King served as Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues from November 2009 to January 2017.[5]
Clifford Hart served as the Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks October 2011-July 2013.[6]
Glyn Davies served as the Special Representative for North Korea Policy from January 2012-November 2014.[7]
Joseph Y. Yun served as the Special Representative for North Korea Policy October 17, 2016-March 2, 2018.[8]
Stephen Biegun was appointed by Secretary Mike Pompeo and served from 2018–2021.[9]

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