Abdul Ilah al-Khatib

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Abdul Ilah Chatib (left) with Russian President Vladimir Putin , 2000

Abdul Ilah al-Chatib ( Arabic عبد الإله الخطيب Abdulilah al-Chatib , DMG ʿAbdu l-Ilāh al-Ḫaṭīb , also al-Khatib; * 1953 ) is a former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Jordan .

Al-Chatib received a Masters in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, a Masters in International Communications from American University in Washington DC, and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the School of Political Science in Athens , Greece.

In 1995 al-Khatib became Minister of Tourism and Antiquities. The following year he resigned to become General Manager of the Jordan Cement Factories Company ; he held this post until 1998, after which he was appointed Foreign Minister and remained in that position for four years.

During the civil war in Libya in 2011 , he was appointed special envoy for Libya by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon . Al-Khatib was supposed to lead a mission to investigate the human rights situation in the country marked by fighting between opponents of the regime and supporters of Gaddafi . In July 2011 he proposed a presidential council to reach a ceasefire. This presidential council should have been made up of two representatives from the east and two from the west of the then two-part country. The holder of the fifth seat should have been chosen by the four others. Al-Khatib's proposal was rejected by the National Transitional Council.

He is married and has three children.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. Libya Live Blog - March 11. Archived from the original on March 11, 2011 ; accessed on May 9, 2015 .
  2. Bloodshed in Libya continues (audio clip at the bottom of the page). Retrieved March 11, 2011 .
  3. Khaled Mahmoud: UN envoy to Libya proposes peace initiative - Sources ( Memento from January 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Asharq al-Awsat on July 26, 2011
  4. List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)