Ambassador

Ahmad BERWARI

Date of birth: 14/8/1964

Place of birth: Baghdad/Iraq.

Marital status: married + four children

Languages: Kurdish, Arabic, German, English, Persian.

EDUCATION

1970-1982 – Basic and Secondary Schools in Baghdad: degree Baccalaureate Examination – Scientific Section.

1982-1986 – College of Agriculture & Forestry, University of Mosul/Iraq.

1990-1991 – Studienkolleg, University of Munich/Germany: assessment for admission to study at universities in Germany.
1996 – Master of Arts (MA) in Philosophy/Political Sciences/Islamic Sciences, Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen/Nurnberg – Germany.

POSITIONS HELD

1994-2009 – Member of the Committee of Foreign Relations of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Europe.

1999 – 2000 – Deputy representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Washington D.C./USA.

2001 – 08/2009 – Chief Representative of the PUK, Berlin/Germany.

09/2009-08/2010 – Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Baghdad.

09/2010 – 10/2015 – Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the Republic of India.

03/2015 – 10/2015 – Ambassador (non-resident) of the Republic of Iraq to Nepal.

11/2015 – 12/2016 – Head of Europe Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Baghdad.

01/2017 – 08/2020 – Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the People’s Republic of China.

09/2020 – 11/2020 – Head of the International Organizations & Conferences Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Baghdad.

12/2020 – 2022/07 – Undersecretary for Administrative, Financial, Protocol, Communication, IT, Engineering Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Baghdad.

8/2022 – Present  Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, EU & NATO.

09/2023 – Present Ambassador (non-resident) to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.