Hassan bin Abdulla Al-Ghanim | |
Office: | Chairman of Consultative Assembly of Qatar |
Term Start: | 26 October 2021 |
Predecessor: | Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud |
Birth Date: | 1955 |
Nationality: | Qatari |
Profession: | Diplomat and politician |
Alma Mater: | University of Portland |
Hassan bin Abdulla Al-Ghanim (born in 1955[1]) is a Qatari politician and diplomat, and the current chairman of Consultative Assembly of Qatar since October 2021.
He has a political science degree from University of Portland, USA, in 1980.[2] He served in the diplomatic corps in the ministry of foreign affairs, and in Qatar Embassy in Washington D.C., Riyadh and Jeddah. From 1996 to 1999 he was under-secretary of ministry of electricity and water. In January 1999 he was appointed as minister of justice, a position which he held until 2013.[3]
On 26 October 2021 he was elected as the chairman of the Consultative Assembly of Qatar.[4]