Ambassador Patrick Theros

Ambassador Patrick Theros served as US Ambassador to Qatar from 1995 until his retirement from the US Foreign Service in 1998. Ambassador Theros previously served as Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, responsible for the coordination of all U.S. Government counterterrorism activities outside the United States.

Theros joined the US Foreign S ervice in 1963 and served in a variety of positions: Political Advisor to the Commander in Chief; Deputy Chief of Mission and Political Officer in Amman, Jordan; Charge d'Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission in Abu Dhabi; and Economic and Commercial Counselor in Damascus, Syria. He also held diplomatic posts in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Nicaragua, as well as in the US Department of State. Immediately before his appointment to Qatar, Theros served as Deputy Coordinator for Counter terrorism, responsible for the coordination of all US government counter terrorism activities outside the United States.

In 1992 Theros was awarded the President's Meritorious Service Award for career officials and the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service. He also earned four Superior Honor Awards over the course of his career. In 1990, he was accorded the personal rank of Minister Counselor.

Upon retiring from the Foreign Service in 1998, Theros assumed the position of Director for International Projects at Capital Investment Management Corporation, a McLean, Virginia investment firm.

Currently, Theros is President and Executive Director of the US-Qatar Business Council. He also serves as Member of the Board of Advisors for the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University; Member of the Board of Directors, Qatar Foundation, USA; Member of the Council on Foreign Relations; Member of the Arab American Bankers Association of America; and Member of the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs

Theros was born in 1941 in Ann Arbor, Michigan and attended public schools in Michigan, Ohio and the District of Columbia. He graduated from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in 1963 and has done advanced study at the American University in Washington DC, and the Universidad Centro Americana in Managua. He speaks Spanish, Arabic and Greek.