About the Ambassador

His Excellency Abdulla Al Subousi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates to Australia May….. 2019, and non-resident Ambassador to the Pacific Islands of Vanuatu, Samoa and Solomon Islands. Prior to this current assignment, HE was the Consul General of the United Arab Emirates in Los Angeles covering the West Coast. HE Al Subousi was the Director of the American and Pacific Affairs Section, holding a title of Ambassador at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International His distinguished service record over the past 20 years, HE Abdulla Al Subousi have served two tours in the UAE Embassy in Washington, D.C. He started as a Director of Congressional Affairs before being appointed Consul and Head of Legal Affairs; he ended his tour in Washington as Head of the Political Section. Prior to that, HE Al Subousi worked at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Chief of the European Union desk and was involved in the European Union – Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) free trade negotiations. He also was a member of the UAE official delegation to the United Nations General Assembly Millennium Session in New York. He led, and was a member of, numerous UAE delegations to several regional and international conferences. Abdulla Al Subousi graduated from the University of Minnesota with a double major in Political Science and International Relations with a minor in History. He also attended courses at the National Defense University and Brookings Institute. He received many awards and letters of appreciation during his diplomatic career, most recently for the best diplomatic mission in 2019 from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the award of distinguished diplomat from the UAE Foreign Ministry.