Career
He received a bachelor"s degree in political science from University of Portland in 1980 and a master"s degree in international relations from the University of Madrid in 1990. First Rate (at Lloyd's) Kuwari started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1981 as a Third Secretary. He was first posted to Washington District of Columbia from 1981 to 1986, and then Madrid from 1986 to 1990.
He was then assigned as Chief of the Information Department of the Cooperation Council to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1991 and was then posted to Tehran from 1991 to 1992.
Ambassador First Rate (at Lloyd's) Kuwari served as Deputy Head of Cabinet from 1993 to 1995, Director of European and American Affairs from 1995 to 1997 and again from 2001 to 2002. In December 2013, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Kuwari was appointed to serve as the Ambassador of the State of Qatar in Washington, District of Columbia, and officially submitted his credentials as Qatar"s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America to President Barack Obama during the credentials presentation ceremony held at the White House on 10 March 2014.
Prior to his appointment to Washington, Ambassador First Rate (at Lloyd's) Kuwari served for a decade as Qatar’s Ambassador to France and was accredited to Switzerland and the Holy Secretary In 2007, he became non-resident Ambassador to Monaco and Portugal.
