Fakhri Hassan Mahdi AL-ISSA (67), graduated in agriculture engineering at Baghdad University’s College of Agriculture and the UK’s University College of North Wales. He also attended several courses in International marketing and documentation at Seneca College in Toronto, Canada, in 1989.
From 1960 until 2008, he held various management positions in international trade, dealing with electro-mechanical products and consumer commodities.
He joined the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2009, serving as ambassador and Head of the Asia Department, then, from 2010 to 2015, Mr Fakhri was Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the Republic of Venezuela. He then served, from 2015-17, as ambassador to the Republic of India, and prior to arrival in Serbia, he was Head of the Policy Planning Department of the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Alongside his native Arabic, Ambassador Al-Issa is also fluent in English.
