David Hale (diplomat)

David Hale
Official portrait, 2013
23rd Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
In office August 30, 2018 – May 3, 2021
President	Donald Trump Joe Biden
Preceded by	Stephen Mull
Succeeded by	Victoria Nuland
30th United States Ambassador to Pakistan
In office December 3, 2015 – August 29, 2018
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	Richard Olson
Succeeded by	John Hoover (Acting)
United States Ambassador to Lebanon
In office September 6, 2013 – October 31, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Maura Connelly
Succeeded by	Richard Jones (Acting)
United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace
In office May 18, 2011 – June 24, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	George Mitchell
Succeeded by	Frank Lowenstein (acting)
United States Ambassador to Jordan
In office November 7, 2005 – July 9, 2008 Acting: July 12, 2004 – November 7, 2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	David Satterfield
Succeeded by	Robert Beecroft
Personal details
Born	David Maclain Hale 1961 (age 62–63)[1] Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Residence(s)	New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Georgetown University (BSFS)

David Maclain Hale (born 1961) is an American diplomat and career ambassador, who previously served as the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. He is currently a Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow at the Wilson Center, on detail from the Department of State.^[2]