Tómas Ingi Olrich (born 13 February 1943) is an Icelandic politician and former minister and ambassador.
Tómas was born in Akureyri and educated at the University of Iceland, where he studied French and history, and the University of Montpellier, where he earned a licentiate and a master's degree in modern languages.
He taught at Akureyri Junior College from 1970 to 1991, including ten years as assistant schoolmaster.
During some of that time he was also manager of the Hotel Edda in Akureyri (1971–1973) and editor of the website of the Independence Party, Íslendingur (1984–1985).
After resigning his parliamentary seat, he became ambassador to France,[1] serving from 2005 until the end of 2009.