The new US ambassador to Montenegro, Judy Reising Reinke, was sworn in at the State Department in Washington.
As announced on the Twitter account of the US embassy in Podgorica, the Montenegrin ambassador in Washington, Nebojsa Kaluđerović, attended the event.
Ambassador Judy Reising Reinke was recently sworn in at the State Department. Ambassador ?? in ?? N. Kaluđerović attended this historic event. Follow us, tomorrow we will publish the message that Ambassador Rajnka sent before coming to #Montenegro. #MeetTheUSAmbassador pic.twitter.com/c8kjVQIYLs
- US Embassy Podgorica (@USEmbassyMNE) November 21, 2018
Born in Virginia, Rajnke served over three decades in the US and Foreign Commercial Service within the Department of Commerce as a strategist and advocate for US trade interests around the world, with an emphasis on Europe and Southeast Asia.
From 2013 to 2017, she was Deputy Director General of the Department of Global Markets at the Ministry of Trade and Assistant Secretary and Director General for almost two years. In that role, she managed over $250 million in programs and resources with nearly 1.600 employees in the US and more than 75 countries worldwide.
She has served in six US missions abroad, including leading operations and major foreign trade missions in India, the Philippines and Thailand, according to the White House website.
Rajnke graduated from Smith College and received a master's degree in public affairs from Princeton University.
He speaks German, basic French, Bahasa Indonesian and Thai.
Rajnke inherited the position of ambassador from Margaret Ann Uehara, who started her diplomatic mission in Montenegro in December 2014.
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