Born in Aleppo in 1975, Ambassador Mohammed Haj Ibrahim graduated from the University of Aleppo Faculty of Law in 1996, while his education also includes a 2008 Master of Diplomacy in International Law from London’s University of Westminster.
He served as diplomatic attaché in the permanent mission of the Syrian Arab Republic in the sixth committee, based in New York, from 2000-’05, while his second foreign posting was as first secretary at the Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic in London from 2007-’10. After holding the post of counsellor at the Embassy of Syria in Cairo from 2011-’15, he returned home to serve as chief of the Protocol Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora from 2016-’17.
His first ambassadorship (2017-’22) was to Armenia, after which he returned to Damascus and served (2022-2024) as director of multiple directorates at the Ministry. A married father of one daughter and two sons, Ambassador Haj Ibrahim has participated in many international conferences and seminars.
