Abd al-Rahman ibn Hamad al-Attiyya

Abd ar-Rahman ibn Hamad al-Attiyya (2010)

Abd ar-Rahman ibn Hamad al-Attiyya ( Arabic عبد الرحمن بن حمد العطية, DMG ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān b. Ḥamad al-ʿAṭṭīya ; also: Abdul Rahman ibn Hamad al-Attiyah ; * April 15, 1950 in Doha , Qatar ) is a diplomat and politician from Qatar.

biography

After attending school, al-Attiya studied political science and geography at the University of Miami and graduated with a bachelor's degree in July 1972 .

He then entered the diplomatic service on August 10, 1972, and in the following years had several posts in Arab countries, foreign capitals and international organizations . Between 1974 and 1981 he was first Consul General in Geneva and from 1975 to 1981 he was also accredited as Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organizations based in Geneva . At the same time he was permanent representative of Qatar to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) in Rome .

In 1981 he was appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia . In this function, he was also ambassador to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Jeddah until 1984 and was also accredited as a non-resident ambassador to the Arab Republic of Yemen and Djibouti .

Between 1984 and 1990 al-Attiyya was permanent representative to UNESCO and at the same time ambassador to France from 1984 to 1992 . As such, from 1985 to 1993 he was also a member of the board of directors of the Institute of the Arab World ( Institut du monde arabe ) located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris . In addition, between 1986 and 1992 he was again accredited as a non-resident ambassador to Italy and Greece and was also a member of the Board of Governors of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome.

In January 1998 he was appointed Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In December 2001, Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Chalifa Al Thani appointed him Minister of State in his cabinet.

On April 1, 2002 he was appointed Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council . He was confirmed as such in 2005 and 2006 and his term of office was last extended to March 31, 2011.

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