Kimberly Guilfoyle has been named United States ambassador to Greece, President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host now deeply involved in Trump’s broader orbit, was married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom when he was mayor of San Francisco. The former prosecutor announced her engagement to Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., in 2022, although questions about the current status of the couple’s relationship dominated tabloid headlines on Tuesday.
Guilfoyle was a prominent Trump surrogate in the 2024 campaign.
“For many years, Kimberly has been a close friend and ally,” Trump said in an article on his Truth Social website, praising her “extensive experience and leadership in law, media and politics.” as well as his “sharp intellect”.
The position, which requires Senate confirmation, is currently held by Biden appointee George Tsunis.
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She also worked in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office with future Vice President Kamala Harris, and rumors of frosty relations between the ambitious newcomers were the subject of San Francisco gossip early in their careers .
Guilfoyle and Newsom — who posed together on a carpet in a glamorous Harper’s Bazaar profile that declared them “the new Kennedys” — divorced in 2006, the same year she joined Fox News.
The former first lady of San Francisco portrayed the city in dystopian terms during the 2020 Republican National Convention.
