Thomas C. Hubbard

{{Short description|American diplomat (born 1943)}} {{use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} [[File:ThomasHubbard.jpg|thumb|right|Thomas C. Hubbard]] '''Thomas C. Hubbard''' (born 1943 in [[Kentucky]]) is a diplomat and former [[United States Ambassador to the Philippines|U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines]] (1996–2000)<ref name="StateHistoryPhilippines">{{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/philippines|title=Chiefs of Mission for the Philippines|publisher=United States Department of State|accessdate=2011-08-14}}</ref> and [[United States Ambassador to South Korea|South Korea]] (2001–04).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://seoul.usembassy.gov/p_ambs_bios.html |title=Former Chiefs of Mission in Korea |publisher=US Embassy in Korea |accessdate=2011-08-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910014856/http://seoul.usembassy.gov/p_ambs_bios.html |archivedate=2011-09-10 }}</ref><ref name="StateHistoryKorea">{{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/korea|title=Chiefs of Mission for Korea|publisher=United States Department of State|accessdate=2011-08-14}}</ref> He is currently a Senior Director for Asia at McLarty Associates and Chairman of [[Korea Society|The Korea Society]].

Occupying senior State Department positions beginning in the mid-1980s, Ambassador Hubbard played a leading role in policies toward Japan, the Korean Peninsula and the ASEAN nations of Southeast Asia. He was a principal negotiator of the 1994 Agreed Framework aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, and headed the first senior level US government delegation to North Korea. He also served as President Clinton's envoy to promote human rights and democracy in Burma and previously was Deputy Chief of Mission and Acting Ambassador to Malaysia.<ref>[http://maglobal.com/about-us/our-team/thomas-c-hubbard/ McLarty Profile]</ref> He is a member of the [[American Academy of Diplomacy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/members/bios/Hubbard.htm|title=Thomas C. Hubbard|publisher=American Academy of Diplomacy|accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref> In 1969 he entered intensive Japanese language study at the Foreign Service Institute in Yokohama, Japan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maglobal.com/about-us/our-team/thomas-c-hubbard |title=Thomas C. Hubbard - McLarty Associates |website=maglobal.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423182421/http://maglobal.com/about-us/our-team/thomas-c-hubbard/ |archive-date=2016-04-23}} </ref> Ambassador Hubbard was posted to Fukuoka, Japan as Economic/Commercial officer. In May 1971, following his assignment in Fukuoka, he was assigned to the Political Section of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.<ref>[http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/biographies/hubbard_t_philippines.html U.S. Department of State Biography Archived]</ref>

From 1993 to 1996, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary from August 7, 2000, to July 10, 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BIOGRAPHY: Thomas C. Hubbard |url=https://state.gov/outofdate/bios/h/4811.htm |publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]] |date=2005-09-02 |archivedate=2007-12-15 |accessdate=2007-12-15 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20071215113736/https://state.gov/outofdate/bios/h/4811.htm}}</ref> His other overseas assignments included the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris and the U.S. embassies in Kuala Lumpur and Manila, where he was deputy chief of mission.

Ambassador Hubbard obtained his BA in political science from the [[University of Alabama]] in 1965. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by the [[University of Maryland]] and the [[University of Alabama]] and received the State Department's [[Superior Honor Award]] and the [[Meritorious Civilian Service Award]] and the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.3pf.us/profile-th.htm|title=Ambassador Thomas Hubbard Profile - Foundation for Peace and Prosperity in the Philippines|date=|publisher=3pf.us|accessdate=2013-07-08}}</ref> He was selected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]] at the University of Alabama.

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==External links== *[http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/biographies/hubbard_t_philippines.html State Department Archived Biographies -- Thomas C. Hubbard]

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