Rosemary Thomas (diplomat)
Rosemary Thomas OBE (born 17 July 1964) is a British diplomat who was the Ambassador to Belarus from 2009 to 2012. Early life. Thomas was born as Rosemary O'Brien in Liverpool. Thomas attended the Bellerive Girls' School (also known as the Bellerive Convent Grammar 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 (FCO) in 1990. From 1997 to 1998 she was a Desk Officer at  the Asia–Europe Meeting Summit, then from 1998 to 2001 was in the Russian Section of the Eastern Department. From 2001 to 2003 she was Head of the Office for Cooperation with the OSCE and the Council of Europe. From 2003 to 2005 she was Head of the War Crimes Section in the International Organisations Department. EU. From 2006 to 2007, Thomas was the Head of Communications of the European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine, based in Odessa. Afghanistan. From 2007 to 2008, 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 the position 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 an OBE in the 2009 Birthday Honours.