Iraq’s veteran politician and former ambassador to Rome and Oman, Safia Al Suhail, presented her diplomatic credentials in Riyadh.
She is the first female ambassador appointed by Iraq to Saudi Arabia.
His appointment comes at a time when cooperation between the two neighboring countries is reaching new heights.
Who is Safia Al Suhail?
Safia was born in Baghdad in 1965. Her father, Sheikh Talib al-Suhail, was assassinated by secret agency operatives in Beirut in 1994 during Saddam Hussein’s presidency.
Safia Al Suhail was elected Member of Parliament twice between 2005 and 2014.
She was a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and chaired the Iraqi European Parliamentary Friendship Committee.
Safia was appointed as ambassador to Jordan from 2016 to 2019, later she was appointed Iraq’s ambassador to Italy from 2020 to 2022.
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