Majed bin Mohammed al-Ansari ( ar, ماجد الأنصاري is a Qatari government official. Since 2022, he has been an advisor to Qatari Prime Minister

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani ( ar, محمد بن عبدالرحمن بن جاسم آل ثاني; born 1 November 1980) is a Qatari diplomat, economist, and politician, currently serving as the Deputy Prime Minister, since 15 Nove ...

and the

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for the Foreign Ministry of Qatar.

Biography

Al-Ansari received a bachelor's degree in political science from

Leeds University , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

in the UK, and a master's and

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degree in

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from the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

. He began his career at the Foreign Ministry of Qatar as a researcher in international relations in the office of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in 2005. He then worked as an assistant professor and the Director of the Policy Department at the at the Institute of Social and Economic Survey Research of Qatar University. Beginning in 2019, he was head of the Qatar International Academy for Security Studies. Qatari Prime Minister

appointed al-Ansari as his new advisor and the spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of Qatar in February 2022, succeeding Lolwah Al-Khater. In April 2024, Al-Ansari gave his first interview to an Israeli news outlet when he spoke with ''

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''. He also gave an interview with Kan. According to ''Haaretz'' reporter Jonathan Lis, the decision to be interviewed by Israeli news outlets and allow an Israeli journalist to enter Qatar via the local airport indicated Qatar's increased openness to engaging in direct dialogue with the Israeli public.

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