Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (born 19 February 1970)[1] is the Chief of the Amiri Diwan of the State of Qatar.[2]
He is a senior government official, and former Secretary General of the Qatar Olympic Committee. He also served as Qatar’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.[2]
Biography
Richard Grenell, Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and Matt Lashey, 4th of July 2018 in Berlin
In 2017, he was appointed Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Federal Republic of Germany and Non-resident Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2017-2019). [12]
As Ambassador of Qatar to Germany he had many significant achievements, notably the opening of the Arab Cultural House “Al Diwan” in Berlin, a cultural house aimed at strengthening German and Arab cultural relations. The Embassy of the State of Qatar restored and rehabilitated the building to preserve its historical character and transformed it into an Arab cultural house. "Al Diwan" holds significant importance as the first Qatari cultural center outside the State of Qatar. Its opening marked a new chapter in Qatari-German cultural relations.[13]
In 2020, he was appointed Chief of the Amiri Diwan on October 27, 2020 by the Amiri Order (5) of 2020.[14]