State Minister for Foreign Affairs

H.E. Mr. Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi

1957

Married and a father of 2 children

11 July 1984

Promoted to the rank of an Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary 01 January 2013
Promoted to the rank of an Undersecretary 2003.

Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appointed on 11 July1984.
Assistant of the Director of the Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, from 04 May1988 to 26 January1990.
Director of the Office of the Ministry's Undersecretaryship, from 27 January 1990 to 28 August1994.
Second Secretary at the Embassy of State of Qatar in Washington, from 29 August 1994 to 10 August 1997.
Consul General at the Consulate of the State of Qatar in Houston, from 11 August 1997 to 31 August 2000.
Delegated to the Office of His Highness the Heir Apparent at the Emiri Diwan during the period from 01 September 2000 to 2005.
Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary at the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Rome, from 04 November 2005 to 2013.
Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the UN in Rome, from 04 November 2005 to 2013.
Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary at the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Athens, from 09 December 2013 to 11 December 2016.
Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appointed on 02 March 2016.
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appointed on 30 June 2016.

Merit of Grand Officer awarded by the President of the Italian Republic 16 November 2007.
Merit of Grand Officer awarded by the President of the Italian Republic 06 February 2014.