Biography

Kenya’s Germany Ambassador

Ambassador Thomas B. Amolo is a Senior Career Member of the Kenyan Foreign Service joining in 1983. He is currently Kenya’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Germany. Thomas B. Amolo was the Political and Diplomatic Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nairobi from 2015 to 2020 (SPECIAL ENVOY: KENYA’S SECURITY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN CONCURRENTLY WITH PDS FUNCTION FROM 2018); served as High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.- from March 2013 to December 2015

High Commissioner of the Republic of Kenya to the Republic of South Africa, Kingdoms of Swaziland and Lesotho – from 6th December 2007 to 27th February 2013; Director of Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs HQ in Nairobi, Kenya 6th December 2006 to 5th December 2007; Director/International Organizations and Conferences Division, (Multilateral) Ministry of Foreign Affairs HQ in Nairobi, Kenya (March 2005 – 5th December 2006); Deputy Director, Special Unit – Kenya/Sudan/Somalia Cooperation Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs HQ in Nairobi, Kenya. (26th January, 2005 – March 2005)

Director/Asia and Australasia Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs HQ in Nairobi, Kenya (19th October 2004 – 25th January, 2005); Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Kenya to U.S.A, Washington, D.C. (11th December 2002 – 18th October, 2004); Counsellor/Head of Chancery, Embassy of the Republic of Kenya to U.S.A., Washington D.C. (25th April 2002 – 10th December, 2002); Counsellor/ Political, Embassy of the Republic of Kenya to U.S.A., Washington D.C. (1st August 2000 – 24th April, 2002); Counsellor/Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations, New York (January 1999 – 31st July, 2000); Alternate Representative, Kenya Delegation to the United Nations Security Council, New York (January 1997 – December 1998)