Mr. Al-Khater has been member of the Shura Council since 2021. Currently, he is Chairman of the Shura Council’s Internal and External Affairs Committee; Member of the Advisory Board of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); and Chairman of Qatar Parliamentary Friendship Group with the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. During his diplomatic career, he worked at the Office of the State Minister for Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in 2006, then served as a consul in Houston, Texas, the United States (2007-2011) and ambassador in Australia and later the United Kingdom until 2021. Prior, Mr. Al-Khater worked at the Ministry of Education during the period from 1992 to 2006, as an educational researcher in the Research Department of the Ministry. Furthermore, Mr. Al-Khater holds Master of Public Administration from the American University – Washington, D.C. (2000). He represented Qatar as member of the Executive Councils of the Arab League Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) and the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO).