Lolwah Al-Khater

Lolwah Rashid Mohammed Al-Khater (Arabic: لولوة الخاطر) (born in Doha, Qatar) is a Qatari diplomat, and the first Qatari woman to hold the position of Spokesperson for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Assistant Foreign Minister of Qatar. And she is the Official Spokesperson of the Supreme Committee for Crisis Management in Qatar.
Career.
Lolwah Al-Khater holds a master's of science in computing and initially worked as an engineer in the field of oil and gas. Subsequently, she returned to study, undertaking a master's of arts in public policy, with a focus on public policy and Islam. As a policy analyst, she has published research on Qatar's education reforms, is a part-time lecturer at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and a Research Associate at The Oxford Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Forum at St Antony's College at the University of Oxford. She is also a DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford, investigating the relationship between Islam and modernity.
Al-Khater entered the Qatari ministry of foreign affairs as a minister plenipotentiary. She was Director of Planning and Quality at Qatar Tourism Authority and a Research Project Manager at Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. In 2017, Al-Khater was appointed the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the first woman to hold this post. This appointment has been cited as an important advance in women's representation in the Qatari government. In this role, she was "one of the most prominent voices" advocating for Qatar during the 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis, according to Al Khaleej, and pushed for "a meaningful solution" to the Syrian civil war. In 2019, she was additionally appointed Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs by Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
She is also Spokesperson for the Supreme Committee for Crisis Management in Qatar. In this role, she delivered daily briefings to the public on Qatar TV during the COVID-19 pandemic.