Dina Kawar

Dina Kawar
Ambassador, Jordanian Embassy to France

Education

 

 

1987-1988        

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

Center for International Affairs

CFIA Fellow

 

1983-1985

Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

Masters of International Affairs

Specialisation in political and economic affairs and Middle Eastern studies

 

1979-1983

Mills College

Oakland, California (United States)

Bachelor of International Relations

 

 

Experience

 

 

2001-present   

Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan- Paris (France)

Chairwoman of the Information Committee of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in France

 

2002- present   

Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO

Chairwoman of the Jerusalem Committee

 

2002- present

Ambassador to the Holy See

 

2005-present   

Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan- Lisbon (Portugal)

 

2000-2001

Director, Private Office of his Majesty King Abdullah II - Paris (France)

 

1991-2000

Office of HRH Prince El Hassan

Responsible for Office in Paris

Establishment of a network in the economic, policy and media sectors

 

1985-1990

Office of HRH Prince El Hassan - Amman (Jordan)

Researcher, responsible for press relations, Youth Projects, Forums co-ordinator for the Arab Thought Forum, the Higher Council for Science and Technology and the Royal Scientific Society.

 

1987

United Nations

Geneva (Switzerland)

Training on United Nations institutions

 

Lecturer in a number of US universities, including Harvard, Cornell and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

Decorations

 

 

2003

Order of Independence 1st Degree (Jordan)

 

16/10/2004         

Insignia of Dames Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great

 

Foreign languages

 

Arabic, English, French, Basic Hebrew