Michael J. Murphy is a retired American Ambassador with over 34 years of experience in U.S. foreign policy and international relations. His career  has focused primarily on European and Eurasian regions. From February 2022, until the end of  his mandate in February 2025, he served as US Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he actively monitored political processes and supported the country’s Euro-Atlantic integration. Previously, from 2018 to 2021, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, overseeing European security, conventional arms control, and Arctic security.  He also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassies in Kosovo and Botswana. Earlier in his career, he was the Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo from 2006 to 2009, and held positions in Washington D.C., including Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.