Ambassador

Deputy Chief of Mission

Thomas F. Daughton

Thomas F. Daughton arrived in Beirut in August 2009.  He joined the U. S. Foreign Service in 1989 and has served in Kingston, Jamaica (vice consul, 1989-91); Rabat, Morocco (political officer, 1991-93); and Thessaloniki, Greece (consul, 1997-2000) as well as in the Department of State in Washington, D.C. (1993-1997).  From 2000-2003, Mr. Daughton was Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. (2001-2002) in Libreville, Gabon.  That assignment was followed by a posting as Counselor for Political Affairs at the American Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Prior to arriving in Beirut, Mr. Daughton served for three years as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Algiers, Algeria. 

A native of Arizona, Mr. Daughton is a graduate of Amherst College and the University of Virginia School of Law.  Prior to joining the Foreign Service, he was an associate at a law firm in New York.

Mr. Daughton is the recipient of numerous Meritorious and Superior Honor Awards from the U.S. Department of State, as well as of the W. Averell Harriman and Matilda Sinclair Awards from the American Foreign Service Association.  He speaks French and Greek.