Chris Hodges

Chris Hodges
US Consul General in Chennai
In office
July 31, 2023 – Incumbent
PresidentJoe Biden
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Assistance Coordination and Press and Public Diplomacy, Bureau for Near Eastern Affairs
In office
January 25, 2021 – June 14, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs and Press and Public Diplomacy
In office
September 8, 2020[1] – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Succeeded byHady Amr
Head of Palestinian Affairs Unit at the US Embassy in Jerusalem
In office
August 2019 – August 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byMike Hankey
Succeeded byGeorge Noll
Personal details
NationalityAmerican

Christopher W. Hodges is an American diplomat, currently serving as Consul General in Chennai, India.[2] He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Assistance Coordination and Press and Public Diplomacy at the Bureau for Near Eastern Affairs at the US Department of State.[3]

Hodges joined the foreign service in 2000 and served at the Office of Central European Affairs. He served as Head of the Palestinian Affairs Unit at the US Embassy in Jerusalem.