Tom Schieffer Ambassador

John Thomas "Tom" Schieffer (born October 4, 1947) is an American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 2001 to 2005 and as U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 2005 to 2009. He is the founder and principle of Envoy International, a consulting firm that represents companies with international interests. Schieffer is a friend and former business partner of President George W. Bush. He is the younger brother of Bob Schieffer, a CBS News reporter and host of Face the Nation.

Personal facts

Tom Schieffer
Birth dateOctober 04, 1947
Birth place
Fort Worth Texas

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Ambassador

From2005
To2009
Party
Democratic Party (United States)
President
Successor
Robert McCallum Jr.
John Roos

Topical connections

Aaron PeñaPolitician
Aaron AllstonWriter
Bobby Brown Baseball player
A. Jeff McLemorePolitician
Bo SchembechlerCollege coach
Al RosenBaseball player
Alejandro MendozaPolitician
Alan BeanAstronaut
Bill White Baseball player
Bill BordleyBaseball player

Tom Schieffer on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.americanambassadors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Members.view&memberid=197
  2. http://www.australianpolitics.com/words/daily/archives/00000194.shtml
  3. http://www.baseballamerica.com/execdb/?show=team&fid=tex&year=1990
  4. http://www.opensecrets.org/bush/ambassadors/schieffer.asp
  5. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Thomas_Schieffer
  6. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/44295.htm
  7. http://www.tomfortexas.com