Chargé d'Affaires
Tom Williams assumed duties as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait on July 16, 2009. Prior to that assignment he was Director of the Afghanistan and Pakistan office in the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau at the State Department, overseeing an annual foreign assistance budget in excess of one billion dollars. His other regional assignments include Deputy Director of the Arabian Peninsula and Iran office within the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau, Economic Chief in Abu Dhabi, Political Officer in Bahrain, and he also served in the Political Section in Kuwait from 1996-98. Mr. Williams has also been posted to Islamabad, Manila and Tunis.
A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Mr. Williams is married and has two children with his wife, Stephanie, who is also a Foreign Service Officer. His foreign language is Arabic.