Ibrahim Assaf
{{Short description|Lebanese diplomat (born 1968)}}
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| education = Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy
| occupation = Diplomat
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Ibrahim Assaf is the Ambassador of Lebanon to the Republic of Austria since November 2017.{{cite web|title=Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs|url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/embassies-consulates/search-for-foreign-representations-in-austria/?tx_bmeiadb_piresults%5BsearchType%5D=localForeignEmbassy&tx_bmeiadb_piresults%5Buid%5D=780&tx_bmeiadb_piresults%5Baction%5D=single&cHash=9148d122a9a293a48a8f9c6c1e07efc8|publisher=}} He is also the non-resident Ambassador of Lebanon to the Republic of Slovakia,{{Cite web|title=State Secretary Parízek Receives Ibrahim Assaf, the Designated Ambassador of the Lebanese Republic - Activities - Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic|url=https://www.mzv.sk/web/en/ministry/state_secretary/activities/-/asset_publisher/i8X6FEhysFI5/content/statny-tajomnik-l-parizek-prijal-dezignovaneho-velvyslanca-libanonskej-republiky-ibrahima-assafa/10182|access-date=2021-05-12|website=www.mzv.sk|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110190723/https://www.mzv.sk/web/en/ministry/state_secretary/activities/-/asset_publisher/i8X6FEhysFI5/content/statny-tajomnik-l-parizek-prijal-dezignovaneho-velvyslanca-libanonskej-republiky-ibrahima-assafa/10182|url-status=dead}} the Republic of Slovenia{{Cite web|title=Slovenia MFA|url=https://twitter.com/mzzrs/status/1017070134517747713|access-date=2021-05-12|website=Twitter|language=en}} and the Republic of Croatia.{{Cite web|title=MVEP • Press Release|url=http://www.mvep.hr/en/info-servis/press-releases/,31836.html|access-date=2021-05-12|website=www.mvep.hr}}
Ambassador Assaf is also the [https://webapps.unvienna.org/web/Bluebook.nsf/agWebReportMission?OpenAgent&docid=77C1AF395C84C0B9C125749E004DAC7D Permanent Representative of Lebanon]{{Cite web|title=UN Vienna Bluebook|url=https://webapps.unvienna.org/web/Bluebook.nsf/agWebReportMission?OpenAgent&docid=77C1AF395C84C0B9C125749E004DAC7D|access-date=2021-05-11|website=webapps.unvienna.org}} to the United Nations Office{{Citation|title=United Nations Office at Vienna|date=2021-01-05|url=https://www.unov.org/|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-05-11}} and other International Organizations in Vienna.
Early career
Previously he was the Chargé d'Affaires of Lebanon in the Kingdom of Bahrain{{Cite web|title=Minister of State for Foreign Affairs receives Lebanese Charge D'affaires|url=http://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=7824&language=en-US&ItemId=4391|access-date=2021-05-30|website=www.mofa.gov.bh|language=en-US}} between 2012 and 2017. And prior to that, he worked at the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations in New York, and he was Deputy Permanent Representative of Lebanon, and subsequently the Chargé d'Affaires of the Permanent Mission from 2004 to 2006.
Education and personal profile
Born in Lebanon in 1968, Ibrahim Assaf holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Lebanon. He is also a graduate from the Lebanese National Institute of Administration in 1993. He is married to Mrs. Brigitte Tawk and they have 3 children.{{Cite web|title=Alumni Section {{!}} Ibrahim Assaf|url=https://www.usek.edu.lb/alumni/wall-of-fame/ibrahim-assaf|access-date=2021-05-12|website=www.usek.edu.lb|language=en}}
Publications
In 2009, he published a Book entitled “The Last Assassination”, regarding the United Nations Documents on the Investigation concerning the assassination of former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafic Hariri.
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