Martina Anna Tkadlec Strong is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to the United Arab Emirates since October 4, 2023. She previously served as the de facto United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia from January 20, 2021 until April 16, 2023.

Strong earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley.^[1]

Strong is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Minister-Counselor. She served as the chargé d’affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from January 20, 2021 until April 16, 2023. She previously served as the Deputy Chief of Mission and also chargé d’affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria,^[2] and she also served as the Minister Counselor for Political and Political-Military Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Strong served as Counselor for Political-Economic Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, and as a Political Advisor in Basra, Iraq. Strong also was the Deputy Counselor for Political-Economic Affairs at the U.S. Embassies in Prague, Czech Republic and in Bridgetown, Barbados. Domestically, she served as Director for the G-8 on the White House National Security Council in Washington, D.C.^[1]

Strong speaks Arabic, Czech, Polish, French, German, Russian, and Bosnian.^[1]