H.E. Mr. Abdulla Abdullatif Al Shaikh Abdulla
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Federal Republic of Germany
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 6th November 1963
Education
- Master in Corporate Administration from Strathclyde University in Scotland 1990.
- Bachelor in Business Administration and Accountancy, Bahrain University 1987.
- Secondary education at Manama School.
Work Experience
- Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Finland, Romania with Residence in the Federal Republic of Germany.
- Appointment by a Royal Decree as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Federal Republic of Germany, 29. October 2017.
- Appointment by a Royal Decree as an Under - Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 17. August 2009 - 29. October 2017.
- Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Austria, 2008.
- Ambassador, permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations offices in Geneva and Vienna, 2006 -2009.
- Ambassador, permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to World Trade Organization (WTO), 2006 -2009.
- Ambassador, permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), 2006.
- Consul General of the Kingdom of Bahrain to Switzerland, 2006 - 2009.
- Appointed to the Bahrain Embassy in London and Deputy Head of Mission from 2000 to November 2005.
- Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1981.
Committees
- Appointed as Member, Board of Trustees in Derasat (Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies) 2010 to 2016.
- Chairing the National Committee on Combating Trafficking in Persons (2009) to 2015.
- Chairing the National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Since February 2011).
- Chairing the Bahraini - French Coordination Committee.
- Chairing the Bahraini - Japanese Coordination Committee.
- Chairing the Bahraini - British Friendship Committee.
- Chairing the Bahraini - German Consultation Committee.
- Chairing the Bahraini - Switzerland Consultation Committee.
- Chairing the Bahraini - British Consultation Committee.
- Chairing the Bahraini - Korean Coordination Committee.
- Member of Aviation Security Committee (Since June 2012).
- Member of International Labour Organization Committee.
- Member of Anti - Money Laundry Committee
Important Delegations
- Attended the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council of the Kingdom of
Bahrain, April & June 2008 / May and September 2012 - 2017.
- Representative of the Asian Group in the Working Group on Situations Related to Human
Rights Council (2008 - 2009) in Geneva.
- Head of the Delegation of Bahrain in the sessions of the Treaty of the Non - Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons, held in Geneva and Vienna in 2007 and 2008.
- Head of the Delegation of Bahrain at the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy
Agency, Vienna, 2009 - 20017.
- Attended the Annual Meetings of the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, 2009.
- Attending the 2nd Phase of the Trade Policy Review of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the World
Trade Organization (WTO), July 2007.
- Heading the Bahraini Delegation to the Conference of the States parties in the Convention of the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Hague (2011 - 2012). Also covered the Review
Sessions of the Convention of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, held
in The Hague, 2003.
Awards
- Bahrain Medal of Competence honored by His Majesty on 16th December 2015.
Hobbies
- Reading Historical, Political Books, Basketball, Swimming.