Hamid Ali Rao

Hamid Ali Rao
Joint Secretary to the External Affairs Minister
In office
August 2004 – December 2007
India's Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
In office
18 December 2007 – 10 September 2011
Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
In office
24 September 2011 – April 2015
Deputy Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
In office
April 2015 – January 2019
Personal details
Born1954 (age 71–72)
Meerut, India
SpouseAsiya Hamid Rao
Children2
ParentM. A. Khan (father)
EducationM.A. in Political Science
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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).