On May 13, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate David Pressman as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary. On May 17, 2022, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee received the nomination.
David Pressman is the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs. At the United Nations, Pressman represented the United States on the United Nations Security Council and led U.S. negotiations on a range of international peace and security threats, focusing on issues involving Europe, Russia, East Asia and the Pacific, and Africa. Earlier, Pressman served at the Department of Homeland Security as Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, at the White House as Director for War Crimes and Atrocities on the National Security Council, and at the Department of State as an aide to Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright. Pressman is currently a partner at Jenner & Block LLP, where he represents clients in national security and human rights-related litigation. A prominent international human rights lawyer, Pressman has held leadership roles in multiple nonprofit organizations committed to advancing international human rights and is the past co-chair of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Law Committee.
Pressman received his Bachelor’s degree from Brown University and his Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law.
