David Gill (civil servant)

David Gill
Gill in 2024
German Ambassador to Ireland
Assumed office
August 2024
PresidentFrank-Walter Steinmeier
Preceded byCord Meier-Klodt
Consul General in New York
In office
2017–2024
Succeeded byTill Knorn
Parliamentary State Secretary and Head of the Office of the Federal President
In office
2012–2017
PresidentJoachim Gauck
Personal details
Born (1966-03-02) March 2, 1966
Schönebeck, Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpouseSheila Gill
EducationFreie Universität Berlin,
University of Pennsylvania (LL.M)
AwardsTheodor Heuss Medal

David Gill (born 1966) is a German civil servant and politician, serving as the German Ambassador to Ireland since August 2024. He previously served as German Consul General in New York and he had been Secretary of State and head of the Bundespräsidialamt, the administration of the President of Germany. He was appointed on 19 March 2012 by President Joachim Gauck and stayed in office until February 2017. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.