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Saoud Abdulla Z. Al-Mahmoud

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to the Republic of Poland

Professional Experience:

  • 1980: Ministry of Interior Affairs of the State of Qatar
  • 1992-1995: Office of the Minister of Interior and Director General of Public Security.
  • 2000: Delegated by the Ministry of the Interior to the International Police Organization Interpol in France.
  • 2001-2006: Director of North Africa and the Middle East (Interpol) in Lyon, France
  • 2006-2013: Director of International Cooperation, Ministry of Interior of the State of Qatar
  • 2012-2015: Member of the Interpol Executive Committee
  • 2014-2016: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, the Embassy of the State of Qatar to the Russian Federation
  • 2016-2018: Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the State of Qatar
  • 2018-2021: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, the Embassy of the State of Qatar to Canada
  • 2021-2024: Director of the European Affairs Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar
  • 2024: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to the Republic of Poland

Education:

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Seattle Pacific University, USA, 1985
  • Master's degree in Management from Southwestern University, USA, 1988

Honors and Awards:

  • Certificate of Honor from the Secretary General of INTERPOL in recognition of professional services to INTERPOL as Assistant Director for the Middle East and North Africa during his secondment to the General Secretariat from August 1999 to December 2006.