Julie Turner

Julie Turner is an American diplomat who has served as acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. She had served as special envoy on North Korean human rights issues in the United States Department of State.

Education Turner earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pepperdine University and a Master of Arts from the University of Maryland, College Park. She recently served as director of the Office of East Asia and the Pacific in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and was director for Southeast Asia at the United States National Security Council.

North Korea Envoy Nomination On January 23, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Turner as Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues.