Biography of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Youssef Raji

Ambassador Youssef Emile Rajji
Acting Head at the Embassy of Lebanon in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants

Below is a professional biography detailing his background and extensive diplomatic career:

Personal Information

• Place and Date of Birth: Beirut, 20 November 1962
• Marital Status: Married, with three children

Educational Qualifications

• Advanced Diploma in Media and Political Communication
  French Press Institute, University of Paris II
• Master’s Degree in Political and Administrative Sciences
  Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
• Saydet Al-Jumhour School
  Lebanon

Languages

• Arabic, English, French

Diplomatic Experience

• Director of Inspection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Beirut
  December 2017 – January 2022
• Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Special Assignment), Embassy of Lebanon in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
  February 2020 – July 2020
• Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Special Assignment), Embassy of Lebanon in Seoul, South Korea
  June 2014 – December 2014
• Embassy of Lebanon, Rabat, Morocco
  September 2005 – December 2017
  — Served as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim in 2008, from 2009 to 2013, and from 2015 to 2017
• Deputy Head of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations, Other International Organizations, and the World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
  January 2004 – September 2005
• Director of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Beirut
  April 2002 – December 2003
• Embassy of Lebanon, Brussels, Belgium
  April 1999 – April 2002
  — Served as Deputy Head of Mission (2000 – 2002)
  — Held responsibilities as Consul and Political Affairs Officer for Belgium and the European Union
• Political Affairs Officer, Embassy of Lebanon, Washington, D.C., USA
  January 1995 – April 1999
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Beirut
  July 1992 – December 1994
  — Director of the Secretary-General’s Office
  — Head of the Political and Consular Affairs Division
• Diplomatic Entrance Examination (1992)
  Achieved top ranking in the competitive entrance examination for the Lebanese diplomatic corps