Daniel Mulhall took up duty as Ireland’s 18th Ambassador to the United States in August 2017 and will complete his term in August 2022 when he will take up an assignment as Global Distinguished Professor of Irish Studies at New York University.
He joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1978 and had his early diplomatic assignments in New Delhi, Vienna (OSCE), Brussels (European Union) and Edinburgh where he was Ireland’s first Consul General, 1998-2001. He served as Ireland’s Ambassador to Malaysia (2001-05). From 2009 to 2013, he was Ireland’s Ambassador to Germany and coming to Washington he served as Ireland’s Ambassador in London (2013-17).
