His Excellency Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi — Minister of Municipality and the Environment
Date of Birth:
Born in 1956.
Marital Status:
Married and has 4 sons and 3 daughters.
Date of Appointment in the State Service:
7/7/1976
Date of Appointment in the Foreign Ministry:
1/9/2001
Academic Qualifications:
B.A. in Military Sciences from the Special Military School of Saint- Cyr, France, 1980.
Diploma in Artillery Sciences - Artillery Staff Course- Pakistan, 1984.
M.A. in Military, Command and Staff Sciences, from Higher School of Joint Military Staff, France, 1987.
Diploma of Higher Military Studies, 1988- Higher course in Joint Warfare, France.
Languages:
Fluent in Arabic, French and English
Official Posts and Ranks:
Commander of Artillery Brigade 1982.
Commander of Artillery Battalion 1986.
Corps Artillery Commander 1992.
Ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2001.
Assistant Foreign Minister for Follow Up Affairs, 2003.
Professional Experience:
Officer in the Qatari Armed Forces from Lieutenant 1980 to Brigadier rank 2001.
Qatar's ambassador to France from 18/1/2002 up to 4/8/2003, and as the same time non-resident ambassador to Belgium, the Swiss
Federation, Luxemburg and the European Union.
Appointed Assistant Foreign Minister for Follow-up Affairs in 15/2/2003.
He assumed the Chairmanship of the Following Committees:
The Committee on Defense Agreement with the French Government, 1997- 1999.
The Seat of the Military Reevaluation Committee, 1997-2000.
The Foreign Ministry's Permanent Committee for Organizing Conferences, 2004 – 2011.
The Governmental Committee on Events and Conferences Coordination, 2006 – 2011.
Committee on Demarcating Borders between the State of Qatar and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from 1996- 2000, and from 2009 – 2011.
The Governmental Committee for Delineating Maritime Borders, 2009 – 2011.
Working Team of the UN Security Council 2006-2007.
The Arab League's Development and Investment Committee on Investment in Comoro Islands, 2010 - 2011.
He also presided over the organizing committees of several international conferences like the Group of 77 and China ,2005, New and
Restored Democracies, 2006, Gulf Summit, 2007, Financing Development Summit ,2008, Arab Summit, 2009 and Arab and Latin America
Summit, 2009.
Attended several international and official conferences, lead Qatar's delegations to several regional and international conferences and used
to participate in the UN General Assembly since 2004 until 2011.
Lead several delegations for political consultation and strategic dialogues with friendly countries.
During his Foreign Ministry's term of office he was in charge of the following dossiers :
Defense and Security- Development Assistance- Darfur Bank Establishment – Churches Complex – Conferences Steering C.-Research Centers: ( Brookings Doha C.- RUSSI - Qatar Institute - Doha International Inter-faith Dialogue Center).
Decorations and Medals:
The National Order of Merit of the French Republic - in 1999.
The Legion of Honor of the French Republic in 2009.
Order of the Green Crescent of Comoros.
Honorary posts:
Member of Board of Directors of Georgetown University - Qatar.
Member of the Governing Council of the Institute of Conference Development - Qatar Foundation- Qatar.
Recent posts:
Appointed Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Washington from 22 March 2012 to December 2013.
Appointed Assistant Foreign Minister for Foreign Affairs, from 9/12/2013 until January 27, 2016
Appointed Minister of Municipality and the Environment on January 27, 2016.
