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Mohammad Abdullah Abulhasan
Advisor in Al-Diwan Al-Amiri, Kuwait
File:Mohammad.abulhasan.jpg
Born (1943-01-12) January 12, 1943 (age 81)
Kuwait city, Kuwait
NationalityKuwaiti
EducationB.S in Political Science, University of Cairo, 1965
Years active1965 - now
Known forkuwaiti permanent representative to the United Nations in New York
Children5

Mohammad Abdullah Abulhasan (born January 12, 1943) is a Kuwaiti former Minister and Ambassador,[1] who is currently an Advisor in the Kuwaiti Emir's palace.[2] He held several political positions in Kuwait, among which a minister in the Ministry of Information, as well as in Kuwaiti embassies in several countries.[3] Abulhasan was the Ambassador to the UN during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.[4]

Career

  • Special Kuwaiti Envoy to the US (2009).[5]
  • Diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kuwait (1965 - 1968)
  • Diplomat in the Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations[6][7][8][9] in Geneva (1968 - 1973)
  • First Secretary in the Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Tehran, Iran (1973 - 1975)
  • Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the People's Republic of China (1975 - 1978)
  • Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Republic of Yugoslavia, Simultaneously, non-resident Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Hungarian People's Republic and the German Democratic Republic (1978 - 1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations since 1981. Concurrently, he served as non-resident Ambassador of Kuwait to Cuba, Argentina, and Mexico and the Bahamas (1981 - 2003)
  • Minister Of Information[10][11] (2003 - 2005)
  • Advisor to the Prime Minister (2005 - 2007)
  • Advisor at Al Diwan Al Amiri[12][13] (2007–present)

Other positions

  • Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York.[14](The Board of Trustees consists of all the Permanent Representatives of the Islamic Countries and member states of the United Nations) and oversaw the design and construction of the first comprehensive Islamic center in New York City, which the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inaugurated in (1991).
  • Represented Kuwait at a number of international conferences, including the summits of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries for the year 1983 (India), 1986 (Zimbabwe), 1989 (Yugoslavia), 1992 (Indonesia), and 1995 (Colombia), respectively.

References

  1. ^ Ambassador to the U.N. from Kuwait Abulhassan spoke to reporters in the United Nations
  2. ^ "The Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada visited Canadian military personnel in Iraq and Kuwait from January 18 to 21, 2019". The Governor General of Canada official site. 18 January 2019.
  3. ^ Kuwait's information minister has offered his resignation, the day before he was due to face questioning by parliament over morality issues
  4. ^ Meisler, Stanley (2011). United Nations: A History. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-4529-1.
  5. ^ "Mohammad Abdullah Abulhasan | C-SPAN.org". 2018-03-26. Archived from the original on 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  6. ^ U.N ambassador Mohammad Abdullah Abulhasan
  7. ^ The Gulf Crisis H. E. Mohammad A. Abulhasan
  8. ^ Aug. 08, 1990 - United Nations: Kuwaiti permanent representative Mohammad A. Abulhasan left and France's permanent representat
  9. ^ Mohammad Abdullah Abulhasan was an Ambassador for the United Nations of Kuwait
  10. ^ (KUNA) -- Information Minister Mohammad Abulhasan
  11. ^ Minister of Information Mohammad Abulhasan
  12. ^ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  13. ^ http://www.da.gov.kw/eng/highranking/personals_6.php. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ Mohammed A. Abulhassan, Kuwait's chief delegate to the United Nations