Lolwah al-Khater
Qatari diplomat and politician
Lolwah Rashid Mohammed al-Khater (Arabic: لؤلؤة الخاطر) (born in Doha, Qatar) is the Qatari Minister of Education and Higher Education since 12 November 2024. She is a diplomat, who was the first Qatari woman to hold the position of Spokesperson for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Assistant Foreign Minister of Qatar. Between March 2023 and November 2024, she had served as Minister of State for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Career
Lolwah al-Khater holds a master's of science in computing and initially worked as an engineer in the field of oil and gas. She pursued a master's of arts in public policy, with a focus on public policy and Islam. According to her biography, she is a part-time lecturer at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and a research associate at The Oxford Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Forum at St Antony's College at the University of Oxford. According to her biography, she is a DPhil Candidate at the University of Oxford in the area of Oriental Studies, examining Islam and Modernity in the context of the Arab Nahda.
al-Khater entered the Qatari ministry of foreign affairs as a minister plenipotentiary. She was Director of Planning and Quality at Qatar Tourism Authority and a Research Project Manager at Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. In 2017, al-Khater was appointed the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the first woman to hold this post.
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