Daniel L. Shields
Daniel Luke Shields III[1] (born 1963) is a retired American Ambassador (Brunei 2011-2014).[2] In 2017, he temporarily served as the Charge d'affaires ad interim of the United States to ASEAN.[3][4] Prior to that, he joined the United States Army War College to act as diplomatic advisor since 2015.[5]
Ambassador Shields also served as Deputy Chief of Mission (2007-2010) at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore,[6] and for over a year as Chargé d'Affaires[7] (2009-2010),[8][9] between the departure of Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold[10] and the arrival of Ambassador David I. Adelman.[11] Other overseas assignments included Minister Counsellor for political at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing (2004-2007),[1] Political Section Deputy, U.S. Embassy Tokyo (2002-2004), Principal Officer at U.S. Consulate Nagoya (1996-1999), Political Officer at U.S. Embassy Beijing (1991-1993), Political Officer at U.S. Embassy Tokyo (1987-1989), and Consular Officer at U.S. Embassy Manila (1985-1987).[6]
Shields earned a Bachelor of Science degree in international relations from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a Master of Science from the National War College in 2001.[12]
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