Tom Cooney


Thomas Cooney is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Argentina charge d'affaires from 2017-2018.

Career

Cooney, a native of Detroit, speaks Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. He is a career member of the U.S. foreign service, having served as a foreign policy advisor to the Commanding General of the United States Army Forces Command, and as Deputy Consul General to the Consulate General's office in Hong Kong and Macau.
Cooney became Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Argentina on July 30, 2016, and took office as the interim Ambassador to Argentina upon the resignation of Noah Mamet on January 20, 2017.