Ambassador of Jordan to Oman – Muscat

Zaid Abdulkarim Abu Hassan

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Personal details

Date of birth: 28 November 1971

Place of birth: Amman, Jordan

Marital status: Married, three children

Posts held

08/2024 – 09/2026
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Amman
Director of Expatriates Affairs

03/2024 – 08/2024
Embassy of Jordan to Iraq, Baghdad
Chargé d’Affaires

08/2021 – 03/2024
Deputy Head of Mission

10/2019 – 08/2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Amman
Deputy Chief of Protocol, with the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary

09/2015 – 09/2019
Permanent Mission of Jordan to the United Nations, Geneva
Deputy Permanent Representative, with the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary

09/2014 – 08/2015
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Amman
Director of Legal Affairs, with the rank of Counsellor

04/2013 – 08/2014
First Secretary, Department of European Affairs

03/2012 – 03/2013
Permanent Mission of Jordan to the United Nations, New York
Deputy Permanent Representative

02/2009 – 02/2012
Second Secretary

10/2007 – 01/2009
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Amman
Diplomat in the Minister’s Cabinet

09/2003 – 09/2007
Embassy of Jordan to the Republic of France, Paris
First Secretary

08/2001 – 08/2003
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Amman
Diplomat

Academic qualifications

Master’s degree: LLM in International Commercial Law, University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom (1995–1996)

Bachelor’s degree: LLB in Law, University of Jordan, Amman (1989–1994)

Other

Professional experience: Lawyer (1997–2001)

Decorations

Grand Cordon of the Order of Al Istiqlal (Independence), 2026

Languages

  • Arabic
  • English