Rosemary Thomas


Rosemary Thomas OBE is a British diplomat who was Ambassador to Belarus 2009–12.

Early life

Thomas was born as Rosemary O'Brien in Liverpool to a catholic family. Thomas attended the Bellerive Girls' School, which was then a catholic girls' direct grant grammar school, and is now the Bellerive FCJ Catholic College.

Education

Thomas earned a BA degree in Russian from University of Leeds.

Career

FCO

Thomas joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1990. From 1997–8 she was a Desk Officer at the Asia–Europe Meeting Summit, then from 1998–2001 was in the Russian Section of the Eastern Department. From 2001–3 she was Head
of the office for cooperation with the OSCE and the Council of Europe. From 2003–5 she was Head of the War Crimes Section in the International Organisations Department.

EU

From 2006–7, Thomas was the Head of Communications of the European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine, based in Odessa.

Afghanistan

From 2007–8, Thomas was First Secretary of Counter Narcotics in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Ambassador

Thomas became the British Ambassador to Belarus on 17 September 2009, based in Minsk. She left Belarus in July 2012 to transfer to another Diplomatic Service appointment.

Personal life

In 1990, Thomas married Alan Howard Thomas.
Thomas is a member of the National Liberal Club.
Thomas received the OBE in the 2009 Birthday Honours.

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