Who is Bridget Brink?

BRIDGET Brink has risen through the ranks to become a top-notch US diplomatic representative in Europe.

She is the current US ambassador to Slovakia, and could possibly be on the move to another European country.

Bridget Brink is a veteran US diplomat with over 26 years of experience in the Foreign Service

Who is Bridget Brink?

Bridget Brink, a Michigan native, is a veteran US diplomat with over 26 years of experience in the Foreign Service.

Bridget holds a BA in Political Science from Kenyon College. She also holds an MA in international relations and political theory from the London School of Economics.

She joined the US Department of State in 1996, with her first post being the consular political officer in the US Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, from 1997 to 1999.

Since then, she has occupied a lot of significant positions.

From 2005 to 2008, she served as the political-economic chief of the US Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia.

From 2015 to 2018, she was appointed to be the deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of European Affairs at the State Department.

Bridget Brink was vocal in her support of Slovakia’s entry into NATO in 2004.

What is her current post?

As of the time of writing, Bridget Brink is the US ambassador to Slovakia.

In 2019, Bridget was nominated by former President Donald Trump to become the ambassador to Slovakia.

After hearings were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 16, 2019, she was confirmed by the entire Senate via a voice vote on May 23, 2019.

Subsequently, Bridget presented her credentials to Slovakian president, Zuzana Caputova, on August 20, 2019.

Bridget Brink is the current US ambassador to SlovakiaAP:Associated Press

What is Bridget Brink’s potential new role?

In a recent visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Bridget Brink was highly experienced in that region of Europe and would be a very strong representative of the US in Ukraine.

As a result, the US plans to reassign Bidget, the current US ambassador to Slovakia, to be the US ambassador to Ukraine.

This signals a strong move toward reopening the US Embassy in Ukraine, which has not had a US ambassador since 2019, which had been vacant as a result of the removal of the former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, by former President Donald Trump in 2019.