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.

Current Diplomatic Rank:

• A rank of Minister, as from 14/12/2010.