The Ambassador

Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Republic of Chad H.E. Rashed Saeed Al Shamsi

H.E. Rashed Saeed Al Shamsi has served as Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Republic of Chad since 2021. His diplomatic career spans several UAE missions abroad as well as roles at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

H.E. began his diplomatic career in the Ministry’s Department of Legal Affairs from 2002 to 2005. He then served as Second Secretary at the UAE Embassy in Vienna from 2005 to 2010. From 2010 to 2016, he served as First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the UAE to the United Nations in Geneva. He subsequently joined the UAE Embassy in Seoul, where he served as Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission from 2016 to 2021.

H.E. holds an Executive Master’s degree in International Negotiation and Policy-Making from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva (2012), and a Bachelor’s degree in Sharia and Law from United Arab Emirates University (2001).