Ambassador’s Biography

Dr. Jabir Habeb Jabir became the Ambassador of Republic of Iraq to the United States of America in January 2012.

Born in Baghdad in 1955, Dr. Jabir obtained his Bachelor Degree in Political Science from Baghdad University in 1980 and his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Dundee University in United Kingdom in 1991.

After completing his PhD Degree and returning to Iraq, Dr. Jabir was appointed as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Baghdad University for the period 1991-2005. In addition, Dr. Jabir was an associate senior lecturer at the Iraqi Justice Institution from 1998 to 1999.

Dr. Jabir has an extensive and unique academic background with over 20 year experience in Political Science. He has many distinguished academic publications in International Relations and Politics and has supervised many postgraduate Masters and PhD thesis at Baghdad University. In addition, Dr. Jabir has numerous publications in most respected international media and tabloids such as “The Middle East” which is published in London, UK.

In 2005, Dr. Jabir was elected as a member to the Iraqi Parliament and due to his distinguished and renowned background in Constitutional Law and Political Science he was elected as a member for the Constitution Review Committee and the Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee. Dr. Jabir was responsible for managing the “Arabic Region” Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before being appointed as the Ambassador to the United States.

Dr. Jabir is a distinguished member at many professional and international associations such as the Iraqi Political Science Association, which incorporates the best and elite of Iraqi professors and academic graduates.  Dr. Jabir is married and has three sons.

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