Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar Abdulla

Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar Abdulla
Born	(1949-01-15) January 15, 1949 Bahrain
Occupation	Diplomat
Years active	1975–present
Known for	Bahraini ambassador to the United States, United Nations, European Union, Belgium, Canada, Argentina, Luxembourg, France; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; Minister of Information

Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar Abdulla (born 15 January 1949) is a seasoned Bahraini diplomat.

Career

Abdulla began his career with Bahrain's Foreign Service in 1975. He was assigned to the Embassy in Amman, Jordan, from 1977 until 1979. During the period from 1979 to 1984, he actively participated in Bahrain's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly and took part in summits held by the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Arab League, and the Non-Aligned Movement. Between August 1990 and 1994, he fulfilled the role of Bahrain's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

From 1994 through April 2001, Abdulla held the position of Ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.C., while also being accredited concurrently to Ottawa, Canada starting in 1996 and to Buenos Aires, Argentina beginning in 1998. He was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on three separate occasions—in 2001, 2003, and again in 2005—and later took office as Minister of Information in December 2006.

Between 2008 and 2009, he served as Bahrain’s Ambassador to Brussels, Belgium, where he represented the country to the European Union and acted as a non-resident Ambassador to Luxembourg. From December 2009 until February 2015, he chaired the Board of Trustees at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies. Concurrently, from June 2009 to December 2014, he provided diplomatic counsel to Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Since September 2015, Abdulla has been serving as Bahrain’s ambassador in Paris.