David Pressman
David Pressman | |
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| United States Ambassador to Hungary | |
| In office September 14, 2022 – January 13, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | B. Bix Aliu (Chargé d'Affaires) |
| Succeeded by | David Holmes (Chargé d'Affaires) |
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs | |
| In office September 17, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Jeffrey DeLaurentis |
| Succeeded by | Robert A. Wood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977 (age 47–48) |
| Spouse | Daniel Basila |
| Education | |
David Pressman (b. 1977) is an American diplomat and lawyer who served as the United States ambassador to Hungary from 2022 to 2025. He previously served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs and represented the United States at the United Nations Security Council from 2014 to 2016. Pressman has been described by The Guardian as a "high profile diplomat" and by CNN "one of the world's leading human rights advocates".
As an attorney in private practice, Pressman has represented a wide variety of businesses while also representing the interests of human rights advocates, victims of terrorism, dissidents and journalists targeted by authoritarian regimes, and those unjustly convicted.
Pressman was the first openly gay man to serve as the United States ambassador to Hungary and the first LGBT American to be confirmed twice by the United States Senate to serve as an ambassador of the United States.