About Hamid Ali Rao
Born 1954. Hamid Ali Rao is a diplomat.
Hamid Ali Rao (born 1954) is a retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer who served as India's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2011 to 2015, and as Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva from 2007 to 2011. He also held the position of Deputy Director-General at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Early life and education Hamid Ali Rao was born in 1954 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, to Kunwar Mahmood Ali Khan, a former governor of Madhya Pradesh.
He holds a Master's degree in Political Science and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB).
In 2015, Rao was appointed as the Deputy Director-General of the OPCW, and during this period he conducted capacity-building visits to countries including Algeria, Mexico, Bangladesh, Russia, and Croatia, and spoke at the 23rd Session of the Conference of States Parties in 2018.
Personal life Rao is married to Dr. Asiya Hamid Rao, and they have two daughters.
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