Top 100 Arabs 2024

84. Lana Nusseibeh

UAE’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Origin: UAE

Residence: UAE

Sector: Diplomacy

2023 Rank: 87

Lana Nusseibeh has served as the UAE’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations since September 2013. Nusseibeh has held a long list of key diplomatic positions over the past decade.

In December 2021, the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued a Federal Decree granting her the rank of Minister. In January 2023, she was appointed Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was president of the UN Women Executive Board in 2017 and led the UAE in working closely with UN Women to launch the Arab Women Military and Peacekeeping Programme in the UAE in 2019.

She served as vice-president of the UN’s 72nd General Assembly.

Juma Al Majid