Tony P. Hall | |
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7th United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture | |
In office September 2002 – April 2006 |
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President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | George McGovern |
Succeeded by | Gaddi Vasquez |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 3rd district |
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In office January 3, 1979 – September 9, 2002 |
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Preceded by | Charles W. Whalen, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Mike Turner |
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 6th district |
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In office January 3, 1973 – January 1, 1979 |
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Preceded by | David Holcomb |
Succeeded by | Chuck Curran |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 87th district |
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In office January 3, 1969 – December 31, 1972 |
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Preceded by | Robert Roderer |
Succeeded by | Paul Leonard |
Personal details | |
Born |
Tony Patrick Hall January 16, 1942 Dayton, Ohio |
Political party | Democratic |
Tony Patrick Hall (born January 16, 1942) is an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for more than twenty years representing the state of Ohio as a Democrat.
From 2002 to 2006, Hall served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, and as chief of the United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, which includes the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Subsequently, Hall worked on a Middle East peace initiative in collaboration with the Center for the Study of the Presidency.
Hall was born in Dayton, Ohio. His father Dave Hall served as a Republican mayor of Dayton, Ohio.
Hall graduated from Fairmont High School in Kettering, Ohio in 1960. He received a bachelor's degree from Denison University (Granville, Ohio) in 1964. While in college, Hall was named Little All-American football tailback and the Ohio Conference's Most Valuable Player (1963).