Minister of Education and Higher Education (2024)

Her Excellency Lolwah bint Rashid bin Mohammed Al Khater has held numerous leadership positions throughout her distinguished career. She was appointed as the official spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in 2018 and later as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2019, concurrently serving as MOFA spokesperson. In 2023, she was named Minister of State for International Cooperation. Currently, she serves as the Minister of Education and Higher Education.

Before assuming her current position, Her Excellency held the role of Minister Plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She also served as Director of Planning and Quality at the Qatar Tourism Authority and Director of Research Projects at Qatar Foundation. Beyond her official duties, Her Excellency serves as Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Media City. In addition, she served as Executive Director of the Doha Forum from 2018 to 2023.

Her Excellency actively contributes to the academic and cultural sectors through her membership on the Board of Trustees of Qatar University, the College of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Georgetown University in Qatar, and Qatar Museums. In addition, she sits on the boards of Teach For Qatar, Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and and Qatar Debate and co-chairs the Qatar Career Development Center. Her engagement with academia extends further – she has lectured at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, is a Research Associate at the Oxford Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Forum at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, and is a board member of the Institute for Palestine Studies. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Centre for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies and is Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Qatar Academy Al Wakra. She is also the Chairperson of the Qatari National Commission for Education, Culture, and Science.

As an independent public policy analyst, Her Excellency co-edited “Policy-Making in a Transformative State: The Case of Qatar”, published by Palgrave Macmillan, and authored “Educational Outputs and Labor Market Needs: A Study on Labor Market Issues and Methods of Addressing Them”, published by the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Her Excellency holds two master’s degrees – one in computer science and the other in public policy. Her research interests include Islam, modernity, and public policy development.