Ambassador Thomas M. Barrett was nominated by President Biden on August 25, 2021, to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 16, sworn in by Judge Lynn Adelman in Milwaukee on December 23, and arrived in Luxembourg on January 28, 2022.

He previously served as the Mayor of Milwaukee from 2004-2021, making him the longest-serving mayor of one of the 50 largest cities in the United States.

From 1993 to 2003, he was elected to five consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. While in Congress, he was a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, as well as the Banking and Financial Services, Government Reform and Oversight, and Judiciary Committees. From 1989 to 1993, he was an elected member of the Wisconsin Senate, and of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1984 to 1989.

University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thomas M. Barrett

Ambassade des États-Unis d'Amérique

Thomas M. Barrett

Biography

Career

Professionnal Experience

City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

U.S. House of Representatives

Wisconsin Senate, United States

Wisconsin State Assembly, United States

Education & Honors

University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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