Name: Ambassador Khaled Mohammad Suleiman AlMaqamis
Date of Birth: July 31, 1949
Nationality: Kuwaiti
Professional Experience:
Holds a bachelor’s degree in law and Islamic Sharia, obtained in 1975 from Kuwait University.
Worked as a diplomatic envoy in the People’s Republic of China during the period (1977-1980) and in Italy during the period (1980-1984).
Deputy Director of the Office of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs) during the period (1985-1999).
Director of the Office of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Assistant Minister of Foreign affairs) during the period from (June 1999 to August 2, 2002).
Director of the Monitoring and coordination Department (Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs) during the Period (August 2002-2024).
Chairman of the Committee for the Preparation of the First National Report of the state of Kuwait for Comprehensive Periodic Review Mechanism of the Human Rights Council (May 2010).
Chairman of the Committee on the Implementation of Security Council Resolutions on Combating Terrorism.
Chairman of the standing Committee fir the Five-Year plan of Government Action Programs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Member of the Supreme National Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, headed by the President of the Central Bank, representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (August 2014).
Member of the State of Kuwait delegation in the meetings of the Tripartite and Technical Committee on the issue of Kuwaiti captives in the Republic of Iraq Representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until August 2014.
Regulating and supervising charitable work outside the State of Kuwait during the period (2012-2014), Cabinet Resolution 867 Thirdly, issued in its meeting No. 2001/36 held on 10/07/2001, regarding the organization of charitable work activities in the country.
Advisor at the Office of His Excellency the First Deputy Prime Minister and /minister of Foreign Affairs during the period (August,2 2014 until August 2016).
Member of the Opinion and Advice committee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the period (2016-2018).
Former member of the Board of Directors of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Center.
Member of the Board of Directors of the National Human Rights Bureau during the period (September 2018 to July 2024).
Chairman of the Standing Committee for Civil and Political Rights at the National Human Rights Bureau during the period from (September 2018- July 2024).
Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society from (October 2024- until now).
Additional Contributions:
Participated in many summits and Arab, Islamic, and International Ministerial Conferences.
He has social and political publications, along with regular writing in local newspapers.