The Ambassador

UAE Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic - H.E. Fahad Salem Saeed Al Kaabi

H.E. Fahad Salem Saeed Al Kaabi has served as Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Lebanese Republic since September 2025. He presented his credentials on November 6, 2025.

H.E. Al Kaabi has more than two decades of diplomatic and consular experience. He began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2002 as a Diplomatic Attaché and subsequently held several leadership positions.

From 2010 to 2013, he served as Director of the Office of the Assistant Minister for Political Affairs, before serving as Director of the Office of the Assistant Minister for International Organizations Affairs from 2013 to 2016. He was appointed Director of the Office of the Minister of State for International Cooperation in 2016, a position he held until 2019.

H.E. Al Kaabi was subsequently assigned to the UAE Embassy in Beirut, where he headed the Political, Economic, and Media Affairs Section. He later served as Chargé d’Affaires from 2019 until his appointment as Ambassador in September 2025.

H.E. Al Kaabi holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from United Arab Emirates University.