Ghassan Salamé
Ghassan Salamé | |
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Saint Joseph University University of Paris | |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, diplomat |
| Spouse | Mary Boghossian |
| Children | 2 daughters (including Léa Salamé) |
Ghassan Salamé (
Early life and education
Ghassan Salamé was born in 1951 in
Salamé is a Melkite Greek Catholic.[4][5][6]
Career
Ghassan Salamé taught international relations at the American University of Beirut and Saint Joseph University in Beirut and, later, at the University of Paris.
In 2000–2003, Salamé was Lebanon's Minister of Culture, as well as chairman and Spokesman of the Organization Committee for the Arab Summit (March 2002) and of the Francophone Summit (October 2002) in Beirut.
Salamé presently sits on the board of the
Salame is a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation (chaired by FW de Klerk) that works to support democratic leadership, prevent and resolve conflict through mediation and promote good governance in the form of democratic institutions, open markets, human rights and the rule of law.
On 22 June 2017, Salamé was appointed Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), replacing Martin Kobler.[11]
On 5 August 2017, he made his first official visit to Libya after assuming the role of the head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya by arriving at
On 2 March 2020, Salamé resigned as the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya citing stress and health concerns. In a statement on
Bibliography
Ghassan Salamé is the author of (inter alia) Quand l’Amérique refait le monde; Appels d'empire: ingérences et résistances à l'âge de la mondialisation; State and Society in the Arab Levant, and editor (inter alia) of Democracy Without Democrats: Politics of Liberalization in the Arab and Muslim World; The Politics of Arab Integration and The Foundations of the Arab State. His essays have been published in Foreign Policy, Revue française de science politique, European Journal of International Affairs, The Middle East Journal and other scholarly journals.
Selected Public Speeches and Articles
- Les raisons des révoltes arabes. Le Monde, 8 février 2011.
- Ghassan Salamé, poisson pilote des élites émergentes : l’ancien conseiller spécial de Kofi Annan, alors secrétaire général de l’ONU, dirige aujourd’hui la nouvelle Paris School of International Affairs de Sciences-Po. La Croix, October 21, 2010.
- Discours à l’ambassade du Qatar à Paris. Cérémonie honorant Hubert Védrine et Ghassan Salamé, September 22, 2010.
- Middle Easts, old and new, presented at the Oil and Money Conference, London, October 21, 2009.
- A Clash of Norms, speech at the UN General Assembly on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, New York, December 10, 2008.
Other activities
- International Crisis Group (ICG), Member of the Board of Trustees (2004-2016, since 2020)[17]
- European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member[18]
- Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Member of the Strategic Committee[19]
- Reporters Without Borders (RWB), Member of the Emeritus Board[20]
Honours and awards
- 2004 : Arab cultural personality (Dubai)
- 2003 : Knight of the Legion of Honour (France)
- 2003 : Grand prix de la francophonie (France)
- 1996 : Phoenix Prize (Lebanon)
- 1996 : Special Prize from the Association of French Language Writers (Lebanon)
References
- ^ "غسان سلامة". Al Jazeera (in Arabic).
- ^ "غسان سلامة.. سيرة كاتب ومفكر ج1". Al Jazeera (in Arabic). 9 January 2006.
- ^ "Ghassan Salamé, Paris School of International Affairs. Sciences Po". www.college-de-france.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ Overdahl, Stian. "Can Salamé Bring Peace to Libya?". Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ Pearson, John. "Lebanon's Ghassan Salame appointed UN envoy to Libya". Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "الملف الليبي في عهدة غسان سلامة". aawsat.com (in Arabic). 24 June 2017.
- ^ "Libya: Lebanese Ghassan Salamé likely to replace outgoing Kobler". The North Africa Post. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "AFAC - Prestige Magazine". Prestige Magazine. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
- ^ Centre for Humanitarian Dialogu. "The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue welcomes two new Board members" (PDF). Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ^ "After Four Months, UN Security Council Approves the New Libyan Envoy". La Voce di New York. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Secretary-General Appoints Ghassan Salamé of Lebanon Special Representative, Head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya". United Nations.
- ^ "New UN envoy to Libya arrives in Tripoli". The Libya Observer. 5 August 2017.
- ^ "New UN envoy touches down in Tripoli for first talks in Libya". Libya Herald. 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary General in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, on the National Conference". United Nations Support Mission in Libya. 2019-04-09. Archived from the original on 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^ Angus McDowall, Ahmed Elumami and Aidan Lewis (March 2, 2020), United Nations Libya envoy resigns citing stress Reuters.
- ^ "Libya peace efforts thrown further into chaos as UN envoy quits". The Guardian. 2 March 2020.
- ^ Crisis Group Welcomes Ghassan Salamé Back to its Board International Crisis Group (ICG), press release of May 15, 2020.
- ^ Members of the Council European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
- ^ Strategic Committee Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA).
- ^ Emeritus Board Reporters Without Borders (RWB).
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