Dina Kawar

Dina Kawar is the ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States, since 2016. She was the permanent representative of Jordan to the United Nations from 2014 to 2016 and led the Jordanian delegation during Jordan’s non-permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council from 2014 to 2015, the first Arab woman to ever preside over the Council. Kawar was Jordan’s ambassador to France from 2001 to 2013, with concurrent accreditation to UNESCO and to the Holy See, since 2002. She also served as nonresident ambassador to Portugal from 2005 to 2013. Kawar was awarded the Medal of Independence and the Order of the State Centennial by King Abdullah II of Jordan and has received honors from other governments, including those of France, Portugal and the Holy See.