Uyehara, Margaret Ann, 1954-

Margaret Ann Uyehara (born 1954) is a retired American diplomat. Her last posting prior to retirement was as the U.S. Ambassador to Montenegro (2015-2018).

Uyehara grew up in Berea, Ohio. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Kalamazoo College in 1981 and later studied at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

After joining the Foreign Service, Uyehara served in Bamako, London, Manila, and Tokyo. She became liaison to the National Security Council for the 50th anniversary of the NATO summit. From 1999 to 2002, Uyehara was a supervisory general services officer at the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Uyehara was assigned in 2006 to Kiev, Ukraine, as management counselor at the U.S. embassy. In 2008, she was named as director of the Regional Support Center at the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany. In 2010 she became a management counselor in Vienna, Austria.

When she was nominated to become a U.S. ambassador, she was serving in Washington, D.C. as executive director of the Bureaus of European and Eurasian Affairs and International Organization Affairs. Her term as ambassador lasted from February 19, 2015 to July 24, 2018.

Uyehara’s husband, Michael, is also a Foreign Service Officer, they have three sons and two daughters. In addition to English, Uyehara speaks German, French, Ukrainian and Japanese.