Philip Seth Goldberg (born August 1, 1956) is an American diplomat and government official who has served as United States ambassador to South Korea since 2022.

He served previously as ambassador to the Philippines, Bolivia and Colombia and chief of the U.S. mission in UN-administered Kosovo during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations.

In 2022, he was nominated by President Joe Biden to be the U.S. ambassador to South Korea and was confirmed on May 5, 2022 by the United States Senate through a voice vote.

[2] From 1994 to 1996, Goldberg served as the State Department's desk officer for Bosnia and a special assistant to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke.

[2] In 2001, Goldberg served as a senior member of the State Department team handling the transition from the Clinton to Bush administrations.

[citation needed] On May 6, 2019, President Donald Trump nominated Goldberg to be the United States ambassador to Colombia.

[7] On February 11, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Goldberg to be the next United States ambassador to South Korea.