Richard Allen Grenell is an American diplomat, public official, and former public relations consultant who has served as special presidential envoy for Special Missions since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served as acting director of national intelligence (DNI) in 2020 under President Donald Trump, becoming the first openly gay Cabinet-level official in U.S. history. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Germany from 2018 to 2020, and as the special presidential envoy for Serbia and Kosovo peace negotiations from 2019 to 2021.
Former US envoy for Kosovo and Serbia, Richard Grenell, recently appointed as Trump's special envoy for special missions,..