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'''Sheikha Ahmed al-Mahmoud''' was appointed the first women member of Qatari cabinet in 2003. |
'''Sheikha Ahmed al-Mahmoud''' was appointed the first women member of Qatari cabinet in 2003. |
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Al-Mahmoud holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[Arabic literature]].<ref name="GRC">{{cite news|author1=Gulf Research Centre|title=Profile: Rare honour for Gulf woman|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/profile-rare-honour-for-gulf-woman-1.356499|accessdate=4 November 2017|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=16 May 2003}}</ref> Her career began in 1970 when she became a school teacher. She has taught in public schools and was a secondary school's principal.<ref name="Gulf">{{cite news|last1=Al Baik|first1=Duraid|title=Al Mahmoud is Qatar's first woman minister|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/al-mahmoud-is-qatar-s-first-woman-minister-1.355637|accessdate=4 November 2017|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=7 May 2003}}</ref> In 1996, she was appointed an Under secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Cultivation and Education.<ref name="Publications2007">{{cite book|editor=Publitec Publications|title=Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHCQBAFMwawC&pg=PA518|year=2007|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-093004-7|page=518}}</ref> She retained the post till May 2003, when the [[Emir of Qatar]] [[Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] made her the Minister of Education.<ref name="Gulf" /> She became the first Qatari women to hold a cabinet post and the second in Gulf region to do so.<ref name="GRC" /> |
Al-Mahmoud holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[Arabic literature]].<ref name="GRC">{{cite news|author1=Gulf Research Centre|title=Profile: Rare honour for Gulf woman|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/profile-rare-honour-for-gulf-woman-1.356499|accessdate=4 November 2017|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=16 May 2003}}</ref> Her career began in 1970 when she became a school teacher. She has taught in public schools and was a secondary school's principal.<ref name="Gulf">{{cite news|last1=Al Baik|first1=Duraid|title=Al Mahmoud is Qatar's first woman minister|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/al-mahmoud-is-qatar-s-first-woman-minister-1.355637|accessdate=4 November 2017|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=7 May 2003}}</ref> In 1996, she became the first women Deputy Assistant Minister of education in Qatar.<ref name="Başkan2016">{{cite book|last=Başkan|first=Birol|title=Turkey and Qatar in the Tangled Geopolitics of the Middle East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZ8qDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA45|date= 2016|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US|isbn=978-1-137-51771-5|page=45}}</ref> She was also appointed an Under secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Cultivation and Education.<ref name="Publications2007">{{cite book|editor=Publitec Publications|title=Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHCQBAFMwawC&pg=PA518|year=2007|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-093004-7|page=518}}</ref> She retained the post till May 2003, when the [[Emir of Qatar]] [[Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] made her the Minister of Education.<ref name="Gulf" /> She became the first Qatari women to hold a cabinet post and the second in Gulf region to do so.<ref name="GRC" /> |
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Al-Mahmoud was made the Secretary General of Qatar's Supreme Education Council in May 2006.<ref name="Gonzalez2009">{{cite book|last=Gonzalez|first=Gabriella|title=Lessons from the Field: Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System, 2002-2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Stw4Q-5UKQoC&pg=PA4|year=2009|publisher=Rand Corporation|isbn=978-0-8330-4689-5|page=4}}</ref> |
Al-Mahmoud was made the Secretary General of Qatar's Supreme Education Council in May 2006.<ref name="Gonzalez2009">{{cite book|last=Gonzalez|first=Gabriella|title=Lessons from the Field: Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System, 2002-2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Stw4Q-5UKQoC&pg=PA4|year=2009|publisher=Rand Corporation|isbn=978-0-8330-4689-5|page=4}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:26, 4 November 2017
Sheikha Ahmed al-Mahmoud was appointed the first women member of Qatari cabinet in 2003.
Al-Mahmoud holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Arabic literature.[1] Her career began in 1970 when she became a school teacher. She has taught in public schools and was a secondary school's principal.[2] In 1996, she became the first women Deputy Assistant Minister of education in Qatar.[3] She was also appointed an Under secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Cultivation and Education.[4] She retained the post till May 2003, when the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani made her the Minister of Education.[2] She became the first Qatari women to hold a cabinet post and the second in Gulf region to do so.[1]
Al-Mahmoud was made the Secretary General of Qatar's Supreme Education Council in May 2006.[5]
Al-Mahmoud has two daughters and two sons.[2]
References
- ^ a b Gulf Research Centre (16 May 2003). "Profile: Rare honour for Gulf woman". Gulf News. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ a b c Al Baik, Duraid (7 May 2003). "Al Mahmoud is Qatar's first woman minister". Gulf News. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ Başkan, Birol (2016). Turkey and Qatar in the Tangled Geopolitics of the Middle East. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-137-51771-5.
- ^ Publitec Publications, ed. (2007). Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Walter de Gruyter. p. 518. ISBN 978-3-11-093004-7.
- ^ Gonzalez, Gabriella (2009). Lessons from the Field: Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System, 2002-2006. Rand Corporation. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-8330-4689-5.