Ambassador

H.E Rami Mortada is the ambassador of Lebanon to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with accreditation since 06-Dec-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 (Belgium)

Lebanese National Order of the Cedar - Officer Rank

Counsellor, Deputy Chief of Mission

Marwan Francis is the Deputy Head of Mission and Counsellor, at the Embassy of Lebanon to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in London, since February 2018.He holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from American University of Beirut (1997), a Masters in Business Administration from the École supérieure des Affaires de Beyrouth (2000), and a Masters in International Security & Diplomacy from the University of East Anglia, London Academy of Diplomacy (2013).Prior to his current posting Mr Francis served as Counsellor in the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations, in New York (2015- 2018). He also headed the Consular Section, at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in Beirut (2012-2015). He previously served at the Embassy of Lebanon to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in London (2009-2012) in his capacity as First Secretary. He was Second Secretary at the Embassy of Lebanon to the United States of America, in Washington D.C. (2005-2009). Mr Francis joined the Lebanese Foreign Service in 2003 as a career diplomat. Prior to joining the Foreign Service Marwan had worked, in the private sector, for Deloitte & Touche Saba & Co, the National Bank of Kuwait and Blom Bank SAL.  

First Secretary/ In Charge of Consular Affairs

Oula Khodr is the Consul at the Embassy of Lebanon to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in London since August 2019. 
She holds a Bachelor in Law from the Lebanese University (2015), and a Masters in Public International Law (2016).She joined the Lebanese Foreign Service as a career diplomat right after. 
Prior to her current posting in London, Oula worked in the Ministry in Beirut for three years in the International Affairs Department on the Lebanon-UK bilateral relations post-Brexit and the Lebanon-UK association agreement. In London, she dealt with repatriating thousands of Lebanese back to Lebanon during the COVID Lockdown, with limited travel options. 
Oula was deeply involved in the preparations leading up to the Lebanese parliamentary elections abroad in May 2022, and its execution, as she headed and managed a polling station with more than two thousand registered voters.
Oula sits on the Executive Committee of the Consular Corps of London CCL (2019), and was awarded by Embassy Magazine the consul of the year 2022 for the Middle East award in recognition of outstanding consular service to citizens.