Thomas Barrack
United States
Republican
United States Ambassador to Turkey
government
Thomas Joseph Barrack Jr. is an American diplomat, private equity real estate investor and the founder and retired chairman of Colony Capital, a publicly traded real estate investment trust. Following his U.S. Senate confirmation, Barrack has served as United States Ambassador to Turkey since May 2025.
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Oct 9, 2026
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US Middle East envoy reportedly kept financial ties to a firm behind a $15 billion Hormuz-bypass oil pipeline, raising ethics concerns.
Pragmatists see Barrack's conflict of interest as typical of Trump-era transactional diplomacy, which undermines trust but may also create backchannel opportunities for regional deals.