H.E Ambassador Rami MORTADA
Date of Birth: July 10th 1970
Foreign Languages: French, English
Promoted to the rank of Ambassador: 2012
Current position: Ambassador of Lebanon to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with accreditation from 6-12-2017
Previous Positions:
- 2013-2017: Ambassador of Lebanon to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union
- 2009-2013: Charge d’Affaires – Embassy of Lebanon in Syria
- 2009-2012: Opened the Lebanese Embassy in Damascus-Syria after inauguration of diplomatic relations. Served as Counsellor/Charge d’Affaires a.i.
- 2004-2009: Head of Cabinet of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants – Beirut
- 2000-2004: Consul General of Lebanon in New York
- 1998-2000: Embassy of Lebanon in Paris
- 1996-1998: Embassy of Lebanon in Muscat – Sultanate of Oman
- 1994-1996: Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Beirut
- 1993: Joined the Foreign Service (Valedictorian)
Participation in International Fora:
- Member of the Lebanese delegation to several Euro-med ministerial meetings and EU-Arab conferences.
- Member of the Lebanese delegation to the United Nations.
- General Assembly meetings: 2001-2002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008.
- Member of the Lebanese delegation to Lebanon-EU Association Councils and Euro-Med Ministerial: 2004-2005-2006-2007.
- Member of the Lebanese delegation to Ministerial meetings of LAS/OIC/NAM/Arab-China forum/Arab-Latin American: 2004-2005-2006-2007-2008
- Member of the Lebanese delegation to Summit meetings LAS/OIC/NAM: 2004-2005-2006-2007-2008
-Member of the Lebanese delegation to Summit level visits: KSA, Iran, USA, France, Oman, UAE, Cuba, Egypt, Jordan, Syria
- Head of delegation to several Ministerial meetings
Academic Degrees:
- PHD student, 2nd year – Lebanese University
- DEA – International Law – Universite Rene Descartes – Paris
- Law degree – Lebanese University
- BA Political Science – American University of Beirut
Decorations:
- Ordre National de Merite – Officer/French Republic
- La Grand-Croix de l’Ordre de la Couronne (Belgique)
- Lebanese National Order of the Cedar - Officer Rank