Thomas Cooney | |
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United States Ambassador to Argentina Charge d'affaires | |
In office January 20, 2017 – May 15, 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Noah Mamet |
Succeeded by | Edward C. Prado |
Personal details | |
Born | Royal Oak, Michigan |
Children | 3 |
Education |
Shrine High School Cornell University University of South Carolina International MBA |
Thomas E. Cooney is a former American diplomat who most recently served as the charge d'affaires of the United States Embassy to Buenos Aires, Argentina from 2017 to 2018. [1] He retired from the State Department with the senior rank of Minister Counselor in 2019 and became Vice President of Global Public Policy for General Motors in Detroit. [2] [3] In 2023, he joined Capital Group, a large global asset management financial company, in its Los Angeles headquarters as Vice President and International Policy Advisor. [4]
Cooney, a native of Detroit, speaks Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. He was a career member of the U.S. foreign service, having served as a foreign policy advisor to the Commanding General of the United States Army, Pacific and as Deputy Consul General to the Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau. [5] He was the Deputy Commissioner General for the USA pavilion at Expo 2010 during his tenure as Public Affairs Officer of the United States Consulate General Shanghai. [6]
Cooney became Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Argentina on July 30, 2016, [5] and took office as the interim Ambassador to Argentina upon the resignation of Noah Mamet on January 20, 2017. [7] At the end of his term in May 2019, the Argentine government recognized him with the Order of the Liberator General San Martin, the highest honor conferred to non-citizens by the government of Argentina. [8]
In 2019, he was hired by General Motors to lead its international government relations teams globally. In 2021, Cooney joined the board of directors of Global Ties Detroit, a non-profit that seeks to strengthen Detroit’s international partnerships. [9] In 2023 he joined Capital Group to advise its global team of investors on international and geopolitical trends.