Thomas Dougherty

J. Thomas Dougherty
18th United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso
In office
August 5, 2010  July 2013
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Gayleatha B. Brown
Succeeded by Tulinabo S. Mushingi
Personal details
Born 1951 (age 6566)
Casper, Wyoming
Profession Diplomat

J. Thomas Dougherty (born 1951)[1] is an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso from 2010 to 2013.[2]

Biography

Dougherty is from Casper, Wyoming. He graduated from Brown University and joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1989. He was nominated to be the ambassador of the United States to Burkina Faso by President Barack Obama on May 27, 2010 and confirmed by congress on August 5, 2010. He is a member of the Senior Foreign Service, and served as Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, acting Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. State Department, and Director for West African Affairs (also at the State Department) before his ambassadorship. He was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassies in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi. He has also seen overseas posts in Cameroon, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Republic of the Congo, and Senegal. He is married with two children.[3]

References

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Gayleatha B. Brown
United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso
2010–2013
Succeeded by
Tulinabo S. Mushingi

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