Newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes arrived on Tuesday for her first day in the office, the U.S. Embassy posted on Facebook.

Ambassador Byrnes will present her credentials to President Pendarovski this week, the U.S. Embassy said.

Byrnes arrived for her first day in the office with her husband Captain Scott Gage.

Previously Ambassador Byrnes served as Deputy Chief of Mission to U.S. Embassy Athens September 2017 – May 2019.  Her previous assignment was Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. at the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, Austria, where she had also served as the Deputy Chief of Mission since September 2014.