Ambassador

H.E. Ali Al-Sammak
April 2010-Present

Biography

Date of Birth:
October 6, 1953

Marital Status:
Married with 3 children

Education:
L.L.B., University of Kuwait, 1974

Professional Experience:

April-2010
Presented his Letters of Credence to Her Excellency The Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada as Ambassador of the State of Kuwait.

2007–2010
Director of the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2002-2007
Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Republic of Argentina and non-resident to Paraguay, Uruguay and the Republic of Chile.

1999-2002
Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Union of Myanmar.

1996-1999
Head of Kuwait Delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) and the law of the Sea Conference.

1992-1996
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Kuwait to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

1985-1992
Deputy Head of Mission and Counsellor at the Embassy of the State of Kuwait to Belgium and the European Community.

1975-1985
First secretary – Legal Department – Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

1974
Appointed as Diplomatic Attaché at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs–Kuwait.