But he will continue as acting chief executive at Twickenham, chairman of Rugby World Cup 2015 - which will be staged in England - and as an RFU representative on the International Rugby Board.
The move followed a four-hour meeting of the RFU Council, which broke up at Twickenham around midday after discussing a review panel's 52-page verdict on the organisation's hiring.
The 58-man Council, it is understood, have decided that Paul Murphy will serve as interim RFU chairman, pending a Special General Meeting when Thomas' permanent replacement will be decided.
That meeting, though, cannot take place constitutionally for 60 days.
It is also believed that a vote of no confidence in the RFU management board was defeated by a majority verdict.
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