Staff Correspondent
US President Joe Biden has nominated David Slayton Meale, currently deputy chief of mission in Beijing,
as the next US ambassador to Bangladesh. The nomination has been sent to the Senate, according to the
White House.
David Meale of Virginia is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor.
The current US ambassador to Bangladesh, Peter Haas, will soon end his tenure in Dhaka.
Previously, Meale served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Policy and Negotiations at the
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. In December 2018, Meale became the deputy assistant
secretary for trade policy and negotiations at the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, a division of
the United States Department of State.
Meale visited Taiwan in April 2019, meeting President Tsai Ing-wen and speaking at the American
Chamber of Commerce in Taipei during the 40th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act.
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has welcomed US President Joe Biden's nomination regarding the new
US ambassador to Bangladesh.
