Lana Zaki Nusseibeh

Lana Zaki Nusseibeh is an Emirati diplomat who serves as Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates. She previously served as the United Arab Emirates Permanent Representative to the United Nations from September 2013 to April 2024.

Early life and education Nusseibeh's father, of Palestinian descent, is presidential advisor and translator Zaki Nusseibeh, and her grandfather was Palestinian Anwar Nusseibeh. Nusseibeh attended Wycombe Abbey from September 1990 (as an 11 year old) to 1997. She has bachelor's and master's degrees in history from Queens' College, University of Cambridge and a master's in Israeli and Jewish Diaspora Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She was head of the International Renewable Energy Agency taskforce before beginning work within the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2009, first as Director of the Policy Planning Department and then as Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. the first woman in the position. She was elected as one of the Vice Presidents for the 72nd session in 2017, representing the Asia-Pacific group of member states. She was formerly President of the UN Women Executive Board in 2017. She is also co-chair of the Friends of the Future of the UN.

Awards and honours UAE Prime Minister's Government Excellence Award (Medal of Pride)

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