Victoria Reggie Kennedy

Victoria Reggie Kennedy
Kennedy in 2025
United States Ambassador to Austria
In office
January 12, 2022 – January 20, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byTrevor Traina
Succeeded byTBD
Personal details
Born
Victoria Anne Reggie

(1954-02-26) February 26, 1954 (age 71)
Crowley, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
Grier Raclin
(m. 1981; div. 1990)
(m. 1992; died 2009)
Children2
RelativesKennedy family (by marriage)
EducationTulane University (BA, JD)

Victoria Anne Kennedy (née Reggie; born February 26, 1954)[1] is an American diplomat, attorney, and activist who served as the United States Ambassador to Austria from 2022 to 2025. She is the widow and the second wife of longtime U.S. senator Ted Kennedy.

A member of the Kennedy family through her late husband, Kennedy was born in Louisiana and became a practicing attorney after attending Tulane University Law School. As a partner at Keck, Mahin & Cate, she specialized in financial law. She was appointed as ambassador by President Joe Biden in 2021 and confirmed unanimously by the US Senate. She is a sister-in-law to former president John F. Kennedy and former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.

  1. ^ "The Kennedys". American Experience. PBS. October 2, 2003. Archived from the original (film; transcript available) on March 13, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2009.

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