Daniel Mulhall - Wikipedia Daniel Mulhall Daniel Mulhall Ambassador of Ireland to the United States Incumbent Assumed office 8 September 2017 Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom In office September 2013 -- 22 August 2017 Ambassador of Ireland to Germany In office November 2009 -- August 2013 Ambassador of Ireland to Malaysia In office October 2001 -- September 2005 Personal details 8 April 1955 Waterford, Ireland Nationality Irish Alma mater University College Cork Daniel Mulhall ( born 8 April 1955 ) is an Irish diplomat who is the current Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. He has also been Ireland 's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Germany and Malaysia. Personal life Born in Waterford, Ireland, Mulhall studied at University College Cork and graduated in 1975 with a BA, and later in 1979 with a MA, specialising in modern Irish history. Career Mulhall joined Ireland 's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1978 as Third Secretary in the Economics Division. He then moved to the department 's Development Cooperation Division and was later posted in 1980 to the embassy in New Delhi. In 1983, Mulhall moved back to Dublin to work in the Political Division. Mulhall then became First Secretary at the Embassy of Ireland in Vienna, followed by a posting to the Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels in 1990. In 1995, he became Counsellor of the Press Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In 1998, he was installed as the first Consul General of Ireland in Edinburgh. In October 2001, Mulhall was posted to Malaysia as the Ambassador to Ireland and was also accredited to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. He was the Irish government 's representative during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and helped `` get survivors home as part of the Irish emergency response efforts ''. Mulhall returned to Dublin in 2005 as the Assistant Secretary of the European Union Division of the Department. In November 2009, he became Ireland 's Ambassador to Germany. His posting to Berlin coincided with the Irish financial crisis. In 2013, he was posted to the Irish Embassy in London as the Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Mulhall was the Irish Ambassador when the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016. He campaigned against Brexit, as was Irish government policy, and later spoke of his `` personal sadness '' that Brexit is `` threatening to reverse decades of improving relations since peace was established ''. He said that Irish - British relations `` had been neglected '' in the referendum. He called on the British government to remain in the Customs Union `` to minimise the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement ''. In March 2017, it was announced that Mulhall would become the 18th Ambassador of Ireland to the United States later that year. He was subsequently awarded the Freedom of the City of London in July 2017. In August 2017, he arrived in Washington DC and presented his credentials to US President Donald Trump when he was officially installed as Ambassador to the US. References ^ Jump up to : `` Ambassador Daniel Mulhall - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ''. www.dfa.ie. Irish Embassy USA. Retrieved 7 January 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Daniel Mulhall - Curriculum Vitae '' ( PDF ). dfa.ie. Jump up ^ `` Irish Ambassador : ' Ireland 's recovery will benefit Irish in Britain ' ''. Irish Post. 23 October 2013. ^ Jump up to : O'Carroll, Lisa ( 2 August 2017 ). `` Ireland 's departing UK ambassador shares ' sadness ' over Brexit ''. The Guardian. Jump up ^ `` Ireland urges Britain to remain in Customs Union after Brexit ''. Sky News. 21 July 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Outgoing Irish Ambassador Dan Mulhall granted Freedom of the City of London ''. Irish Post. 17 July 2017. GND : 101746250X ISNI : 0000 0000 3409 5563 LCCN : n99263221 VIAF : 63343386 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Mulhall&oldid=842603151 '' Categories : 1955 births Living people Ambassadors of Ireland to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Ireland to the United States Ambassadors of Ireland to Germany Ambassadors of Ireland to Malaysia Alumni of University College Cork People from County Waterford 20th - century Irish people 21st - century Irish people 21st - century diplomats Irish diplomats Hidden categories : Use Irish English from January 2018 All Wikipedia articles written in Irish English Use dmy dates from January 2018 Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Edit links This page was last edited on 23 May 2018, at 13 : 49 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who is the irish ambassador to the united states
Answer: Daniel Mulhall