Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy
Government entity
Academic institution
Federal
Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (AGDA), formerly the Emirates Diplomatic Academy, is an autonomous federal diplomatic research and civil service training institution in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Established in 2014, it educates and prepares Emirati diplomats and government officials through accredited graduate programmes, executive training courses, and foreign policy research.
- Short name
- AGDA
- Emirate
- Federal
- Type
- Academic institution
- Part of
- Federal Government
- Official website
- agda.ac.ae
- Former names
- Emirates Diplomatic Academy, EDA
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- Abu Dhabi
- Ownership
- Government
- Sector
- Higher Education and Diplomatic Training
Organisation chart
Anwar Gargash Diplomatic AcademyBoard of directors
M
Majid Khamis Bin Zawbaa
Member of the Board of Trustees (Youth Representative); Member of the Board of Trustees
Ali Mohamed Hammad Al Shamsi
Member of the Board of Trustees
Badr Abdulhamid Jafar
Member of the Board of Trustees
Lana Zaki Nusseibeh
Member of the Board of Trustees
Nadhim Zahawi
Member of the Board of Trustees
Nasser Judeh
Member of the Board of Trustees
Rima Al Mokarrab Al Mheiri
Member of the Board of Trustees
Saeed Mubarak Al Hajeri
Member of the Board of Trustees
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
Member of the Board of Trustees
Yasser Hareb
Member of the Board of Trustees
Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh
Member of the Board of Trustees
Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy
Member of the Board of Trustees
Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi
Member of the Board of Trustees
Ali Mohamed Hammad Al Shamsi
Member of the Board of Trustees
Badr Abdulhamid Jafar
Member of the Board of Trustees
Lana Zaki Nusseibeh
Member of the Board of Trustees
Nadhim Zahawi
Member of the Board of Trustees
Nasser Judeh
Member of the Board of Trustees
Rima Al Mokarrab Al Mheiri
Member of the Board of Trustees
Saeed Mubarak Al Hajeri
Member of the Board of Trustees
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
Member of the Board of Trustees
Yasser Hareb
Member of the Board of Trustees
Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh
Member of the Board of Trustees
Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy
Member of the Board of Trustees
Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi
Member of the Board of Trustees
Leadership and executive management
Mohammed Ibrahim Al Dhaheri
Deputy Director General
Eric Canal Forgues Alter
Dean; Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of International Law and Diplomacy; Associate Lecturer of International Law for Diplomats
Manal Al Braiki
Director of Strategy & Future Department
Abdulla Alameri
Operations and Support Director
Asma Al Blooshi
Director of Executive Training
Sara J. Chehab
Acting Graduate Programmes Director; Senior Research Fellow; Academic Director
Raihana Alhashmi
Communication and Outreach Director
D
Damyana Bakardzhieva
Acting Director of Research and Analysis Department and Senior Research Fellow
Mohammed Ibrahim Al Dhaheri
Deputy Director General
Eric Canal Forgues Alter
Dean; Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of International Law and Diplomacy; Associate Lecturer of International Law for Diplomats
Manal Al Braiki
Director of Strategy & Future Department
Abdulla Alameri
Operations and Support Director
Asma Al Blooshi
Director of Executive Training
Sara J. Chehab
Acting Graduate Programmes Director; Senior Research Fellow; Academic Director
Raihana Alhashmi
Communication and Outreach Director
D
Damyana Bakardzhieva
Acting Director of Research and Analysis Department and Senior Research Fellow
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