Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
| Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser | |
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| High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations | |
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Assumed office 1 March 2013 |
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| Secretary-General | Ban Ki-moon |
| Preceded by | Jorge Sampaio |
| President of the United Nations General Assembly | |
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In office 14 September 2011 – 18 September 2012 |
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| Vice President | Mohammad Khazaee |
| Preceded by | Joseph Deiss |
| Succeeded by | Vuk Jeremić |
| Ambassador of Qatar to the United Nations | |
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In office 11 September 1998 – 2 August 2011 |
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| Monarch | Hamad Al Thani |
| Prime Minister |
Abdullah bin Khalifa Hamad bin Jassim |
| Preceded by | Ali Hamad |
| Succeeded by | Meshal Hamad Al-Thani |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 September 1952 Doha, Qatar |
| Nationality | Qatari |
| Political party | Independent |
| Profession | Diplomat, Politician |
Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (Arabic: ناصر عبد العزيز النصر; born 15 September 1952) is a Qatari diplomat and the former permanent representative of Qatar to the United Nations, appointed on 11 September 1998. Prior to this office at the United Nations, Al-Nasser had served as the ambassador to Jordan from 1993. He worked for his country's foreign affairs department beginning in November 1972. He was the President of the Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly from 14 September 2011 to 18 September 2012.
Al-Nasser was born on 15 September 1952 in Doha, Qatar. He was educated in Lebanon and Qatar, and he graduated with degrees in political science and diplomacy in 1979. He is married to Muna Rihani, with whom he had a son, Abdulaziz.
He entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1971 and became Attaché at the embassy of Qatar in Beirut, Lebanon and was in office until 1974, when he became a member of Qatar's delegation to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. He resigned in 1975 to become attaché at the Qatari embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan for a short time. Then, he was conseiller général at Qatar's embassy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 1975 to August 1981.
He returned to Doha and was a senior employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1985 as well as Deputy Foreign Minister from 1984 to 1985. He served as ambassador of Qatar to Jordan from 1993 to 1998.
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