Thomas C. Foley

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For the U.S. Congressman and Ambassador, see Tom Foley. For other similarly named people, see Thomas Foley.

Thomas C. Foley is the current United States Ambassador to Ireland, having recently taken over from James C. Kenny. He is President Bush’s third U.S. ambassador to Ireland since 2001. He was proposed for the position in June 2006.

Foley was a major fundraiser for President George W. Bush's election campaign in 2004. He is a Bush Pioneer, having raised over $100,000 in Connecticut for that election.

He went to Phillips Academy and Harvard, earning a degree in economics, and was awarded a master's degree from the Harvard Business School. Foley is currently president of the NTC investment group and is chairman of TB Wood’s Corporation and the aviation company, Stevens Aviation.

In 2003, Foley was placed in charge of converting Iraqi state companies to private ownership, based on his experience with privatization funding in the United States.

He presented his credentials to President McAleese on 18 October 2006.

Preceded by: James C. Kenny

United States Ambassador to Ireland 2006–present

Succeeded by: —