Jordan and UNDP Jordan Country Office Welcome New Resident Representative

November 17, 2021

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in Jordan recently welcomed the newly appointed Resident Representative - Ms. Randa Aboul-Hosn.

On October 27, 2021, Ms. Randa Aboul-Hosn presented her letter of credence to H.E Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Expatriates, Dr. Yousef Bataineh.

Prior to this appointment, Randa was UNDP Resident Representative for Egypt (2019-2021) and UNDP Country Director in Egypt since January 2017. She also served as UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Algeria (2013-2016) and UNDP Country Director in Yemen (2010-2013). Prior to that, she was Special Advisor to the Directorate (2007-2010) and Programme Advisor (2005-2006) in the Regional Bureau for Arab States in New York, USA. In 2004-2005, she was Assistant Resident Representative in UNDP Yemen and Policy Specialist/Programme Management in UNDP Lebanon during 1995-2004.

Randa holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management from the University of London, a Master of Arts in Social and Behavioural Science and Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

She speaks Arabic, English and French.

Randa took up her new assignment as UNDP Resident Representative in Jordan on 2 October 2021.