Vera El Khoury Lacoeuilhe

Vera El Khoury Lacoeuilhe is a Lebanese-born diplomat and lecturer in international law.

She is an advisor to the Lebanese Ministry of Culture and member of the “Independent Team of Advisors” (ITA) set up by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). She is a lecturer in international law at the Sorbonne School of Law in Paris.

Early life and education Vera El Khoury Lacoeuilhe was born in Beirut in 1959 and was the first child of Georges and Elham El Khoury. There were nine candidates for this post. All were interviewed during the 201st Board session on 26 and 27 April 2017 and received press coverage from various international newspapers.

Distinctions El Khoury Lacoeuilhe received awards including:

Knight of the National Order of Merit (France) - Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite (November 2005). Insignia of the Order of Vytautas the Great (Lithuania) - Vytauto Didžiojo ordino medalis President of the Republic of Lithuania (June 2005).

Personal life El Khoury Lacoeuilhe is married and has two grown up children.