He was the in-country director for the
International Republican Institute in Moscow, Russia, from 1992 to 1994. He was a member of the board of the
U.S. Russia Foundation, the Moscow School of Political Studies, the
U.S.–Russia Business Council, the
National Bureau of Asian Research, the
U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, and
Freedom House.
Mike Pompeo to serve as
Deputy Secretary of State at the
U.S. Department of State on December 21, 2019. Biegun has held a number of offices within the federal government, including executive secretary of the
National Security Council, reporting to national security adviser
Condoleezza Rice under President
George W. Bush. He was a foreign policy adviser to
Sarah Palin during
John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. On March 1, 2018, it was reported that Biegun was a top candidate to replace
Donald Trump's national security adviser
H. R. McMaster. On March 22, it was announced that McMaster would instead be succeeded by
John Bolton. On August 23, 2018,
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appointed Biegun as the
U.S. special representative for North Korea, directing policy in regard to
North Korea on behalf of the
Trump administration. On August 7, 2019,
The Wall Street Journal reported that Biegun was a top candidate to replace
Jon Huntsman Jr. as
United States ambassador to Russia. After
John Sullivan was instead nominated, Biegun was nominated to replace him as
deputy secretary of state on October 31, 2019. His nomination was confirmed by a 90–3 vote of the
U.S. Senate on December 19, 2019. He was sworn in two days later. ==References==