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Thomas, Jr.">Harry K. Thomas, Jr.</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American diplomat (born 1956)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the US Ambassador to the Zimbabwe. For the Washington D.C. Councillor, see <a href="/wiki/Harry_Thomas_Jr." title="Harry Thomas Jr.">Harry Thomas Jr.</a> For other individuals named Harry Thomas, see <a href="/wiki/Harry_Thomas_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Harry Thomas (disambiguation)">Harry Thomas (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Harry Thomas</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ambassador_Harry_K._Thomas,_Jr._official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Ambassador_Harry_K._Thomas%2C_Jr._official_photo.jpg/220px-Ambassador_Harry_K._Thomas%2C_Jr._official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Ambassador_Harry_K._Thomas%2C_Jr._official_photo.jpg/330px-Ambassador_Harry_K._Thomas%2C_Jr._official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Ambassador_Harry_K._Thomas%2C_Jr._official_photo.jpg/440px-Ambassador_Harry_K._Thomas%2C_Jr._official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Zimbabwe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe">United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 25, 2016 – March 25, 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Wharton_(diplomat)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Wharton (diplomat) (page does not exist)">David Wharton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brian_A._Nichols" title="Brian A. 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Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_McDade_Staples" title="George McDade Staples">George McDade Staples</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Jo_Powell" title="Nancy Jo Powell">Nancy Jo Powell</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">21st <a href="/wiki/Executive_Secretariat" title="Executive Secretariat">Executive Secretary to the Department of State</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />July 25, 2005 – July 27, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karl_W._Hofmann" title="Karl W. Hofmann">Karl W. Hofmann</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bennett_Smith" title="Daniel Bennett Smith">Daniel Bennett Smith</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Bangladesh">United States Ambassador to Bangladesh</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />August 14, 2003 – July 2, 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Ann_Peters" title="Mary Ann Peters">Mary Ann Peters</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patricia_A._Butenis" title="Patricia A. Butenis">Patricia A. Butenis</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Harry Keels Thomas Jr.</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1956-06-03</span>) </span>June 3, 1956<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 68)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, New York, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Ericka Ovette<br />Mithi Aquino</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Casey Merie</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="College of the Holy Cross">College of the Holy Cross</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Graduate_School_of_Architecture,_Planning_and_Preservation" title="Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation">Columbia University</a> (<a href="/wiki/M._S." class="mw-redirect" title="M. S.">MS</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Harry Keels Thomas Jr.</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (born June 3, 1956) is an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Zimbabwe. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_K._Thomas_Jr.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas is a graduate of the <a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="College of the Holy Cross">College of the Holy Cross</a> and earned his Master's of Science in Urban Planning at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>. He also has an honorary doctorate from <a href="/wiki/Loyola_University_Maryland" title="Loyola University Maryland">Loyola University Maryland</a>, where he delivered the <a href="/wiki/Commencement_address" class="mw-redirect" title="Commencement address">commencement address</a> in May 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-EmbPR_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EmbPR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_K._Thomas_Jr.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas joined the Foreign Service in 1984. His early postings included service in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_the_United_States" title="List of diplomatic missions of the United States">US embassies</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>; <a href="/wiki/Harare" title="Harare">Harare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>; <a href="/wiki/Kaduna" title="Kaduna">Kaduna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Lima" title="Lima">Lima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EmbPR_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EmbPR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as <a href="/wiki/Executive_Secretary_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State" title="Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State">Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State</a>, Director General of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Foreign_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Foreign Service">U.S. Foreign Service</a>, Director of the <a href="/wiki/State_Department_Operations_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="State Department Operations Center">State Department Operations Center</a>, and Special Assistant to the then-<a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Philsappt_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Philsappt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thomas served as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Bangladesh">United States Ambassador to Bangladesh</a> (serving from 2003 to 2005) and Director General of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Service" title="United States Foreign Service">United States Foreign Service</a> (serving from 2007 to 2009), Thomas was designated by US President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> on November 19, 2009, to replace <a href="/wiki/Kristie_Kenney" title="Kristie Kenney">Kristie Kenney</a> as Ambassador to the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>—the first <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> to serve at that post.<sup id="cite_ref-Philsappt_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Philsappt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on March 19, 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-EmbPR_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EmbPR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and presented his credentials to Philippine president <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal Arroyo</a> on April 27, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was then nominated and confirmed as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Zimbabwe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe">United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe</a> on October 22, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was sworn in on December 8, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to the United States from Zimbabwe on March 25, 2018, planning to retire from the Foreign Service.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_K._Thomas_Jr.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Aquino_with_Ambassador_Thomas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/President_Aquino_with_Ambassador_Thomas.jpg/280px-President_Aquino_with_Ambassador_Thomas.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/President_Aquino_with_Ambassador_Thomas.jpg/420px-President_Aquino_with_Ambassador_Thomas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/President_Aquino_with_Ambassador_Thomas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="493" data-file-height="260" /></a><figcaption>Thomas (left) with <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Political_Affairs" title="Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs">Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs</a> <a href="/wiki/William_J._Burns_(diplomat)" title="William J. Burns (diplomat)">William J. Burns</a> (middle) and <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Benigno_S._Aquino_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Benigno S. Aquino III">Benigno S. Aquino III</a> (right).</figcaption></figure> <p>In September 2011, Thomas sparked outrage – while in post as Ambassador to the Philippines – by making the remark that "40% of male tourists to the Philippines go there for sex tourism", without publicly presenting evidence for this remark.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently made a public apology to the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines">Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foreign_languages">Foreign languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_K._Thomas_Jr.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Foreign languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas speaks <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_K._Thomas_Jr.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_honours">Foreign honours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_K._Thomas_Jr.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Foreign honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>: <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PHI_Order_of_Sikatuna_2003_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/PHI_Order_of_Sikatuna_2003_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg/70px-PHI_Order_of_Sikatuna_2003_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/PHI_Order_of_Sikatuna_2003_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg/105px-PHI_Order_of_Sikatuna_2003_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/PHI_Order_of_Sikatuna_2003_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg/140px-PHI_Order_of_Sikatuna_2003_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Grand Cross <i>(Datu)</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Sikatuna" title="Order of Sikatuna">Order of Sikatuna</a> <b>(GrCS)</b> (October 14, 2013)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_K._Thomas_Jr.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit 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Butenis">Patricia A. Butenis</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Karl_W._Hofmann" title="Karl W. Hofmann">Karl W. 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