Kimberly Guilfoyle Sworn-in as First Female US Ambassador to Greece

“It is the grant of a beingness to beryllium sworn successful contiguous arsenic Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic”, Guilfoyle said. Credit: US Embassy successful Athens/X

Kimberly Guilfoyle was sworn successful arsenic the adjacent US Ambassador to Greece astatine a ceremonial successful the Department of State connected Monday. She is the archetypal pistillate American envoy to Athens, and is expected to get successful the Greek superior successful October.

“It is the grant of a beingness to beryllium sworn successful contiguous arsenic Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic, surrounded by friends and loved ones present astatine the State Department. Proud to service @POTUS and the American radical successful Greece,” Guilfoyle wrote connected societal media.

The ceremonial was attended by, among others, Michael Rigas, Assistant Secretary of State for Management and Resources; Michael Kratsios, White House Chief of Staff for Technology; Christos Marafatsos, the president of the ‘Greeks for Trump’ organization; and the caller ambassador’s son.

Guilfoyle confirmed by the Senate, meets Mitsotakis

Guilfoyle received final support from the US Senate to service arsenic ambassador to Greece earlier successful September.

She was among 48 nominees confirmed successful a azygous 51–47 vote, pursuing a regularisation alteration by Senate Republicans designed to shorten statement and accelerate confirmations.

“I americium profoundly grateful to President Trump and the U.S. Senate for their spot and assurance successful me. It is the grant of my beingness to service arsenic the archetypal pistillate Ambassador of the United States to Greece,” she wrote connected X.

Last week, the archetypal gathering betwixt Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Guilfoyle took spot successful New York during an Atlantic Council event.