السفير عمر بركات النهار

HIS EXCELLENCY MR OMAR B. Al- NAHAR 

Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary

Biography

Omar B. Al- Nahar assumed his post as Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan after serving two years as Director of the Planning Dept., Ambassador In-Charge of the Cybersecurity file at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Expatriates in Amman.

His Excellency served as Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s and as a non-resident Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to Ireland and to the Republic of Iceland for four years (2017-2021).

July 2016 to October 2017 Nahar was Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates. He also served as Director of the European Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in Amman since May 2017.

October 2010 till July 2016, Nahar served as Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the Republic of Korea.

Nahar joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an Attaché in 1992 and served as a diplomat in Tel Aviv and London before he was appointed as the Director of the Office of the Minister of the Royal Hashemite Court from Jan 2003 to December 2006. 

During his time at the Prime Ministry that spanned from January 2006 till December 2007 he was Deputy Director, and then Director, of the Political Department and Advisor to the Prime Minister. He returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Director of Policy Planning and Research Department, In-Charge of the Peace Process Negotiations Coordination Bureau the till 2010.

Ambassador Nahar has been awarded; Wissam Al Istiqlal/Medal of Independence–First Order (Jordanian), The Order of Diplomatic Service Merit GWANGHWAMEDAL (Korean), LVO/Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (British), and Wissam Al Istiqlal/Medal of Independence–Fifth Order (Jordanian).

Born in 1969 and brought up in Amman, Ambassador Nahar has a degree in Political Science and Business Administration from the University of Jordan, Amman. He speaks Arabic and English, and has a fair knowledge of French and Hebrew. He is married with two children.