Rosemary Thomas (diplomat)
Rosemary Thomas OBE (born 17 July 1964) is a British diplomat who was the Ambassador to Belarus from 2009 to 2012.
Early life[edit]
Thomas was born as Rosemary O'Brien in Liverpool.[1] Thomas attended the Bellerive Girls' School (also known as the Bellerive Convent Grammar School), which was then a Catholic girls' direct grant grammar school, and is now the Bellerive FCJ Catholic College.[1]
Education[edit]
Thomas earned a BA degree in Russian from the University of Leeds.[1]
Career[edit]
FCO[edit]
Thomas joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1990. From 1997 to 1998 she was a Desk Officer at the Asia–Europe Meeting Summit, then from 1998 to 2001 was in the Russian Section of the Eastern Department. From 2001 to 2003 she was Head of the Office for Cooperation with the OSCE and the Council of Europe. From 2003 to 2005 she was Head of the War Crimes Section in the International Organisations Department.[2]
EU[edit]
From 2006 to 2007, Thomas was the Head of Communications of the European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine, based in Odessa.[2]
Afghanistan[edit]
From 2007 to 2008, Thomas was First Secretary of Counter Narcotics in Kabul, Afghanistan.[2]
Ambassador[edit]
Thomas became the British Ambassador to Belarus on 17 September 2009, based in Minsk.[3] She left the position in July 2012 to transfer to another Diplomatic Service appointment.[4]
Personal life[edit]
In 1990, Thomas married Alan Howard Thomas.[1] Thomas is a member of the National Liberal Club.[1]
Thomas received an OBE in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Thomas, Rosemary". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2020 (December 2019 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 12 October 2020. Search this book on
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Rosemary Thomas". The National Archives – UK in Belarus. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ↑ New UK Ambassador to Arrive in Belarus in mid-September, Office for a Democratic Belarus, 1 September 2009
- ↑ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus". gov.uk. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
External links[edit]
- "Thomas, Rosemary". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2020 (December 2019 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 12 October 2020. Search this book on (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- Belarus TV (National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus on YouTube)
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Nigel Gould-Davies |
British Ambassador to Belarus 2009–2012 |
Succeeded by Bruce Bucknell |
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