Nassif Hitti

{{short description|Lebanese diplomat and politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nassif Hitti | native_name = ناصيف حتي | native_name_lang = ar | image = Dr. Nassif Hitti.jpg | caption = Nassif Hitti in 2014 | office = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants (Lebanon)|Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants]] | prime_minister = [[Hassan Diab]] | predecessor = [[Gebran Bassil]] | successor = [[Charbel Wehbe]] | term_start = 21 January 2020 | term_end = 3 August 2020 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|12|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tripoli, Lebanon]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lebanesestudies.com/nassif-hitti/|title=Nassif Hitti|date=9 October 2013 }}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | party = | education = [[American University of Beirut]]<br /> [[University of Southern California]] | spouse = | children = | profession = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Nassif Youssef Hitti''' ({{langx|ar|ناصيف يوسف حتي}}; born 22 December 1952<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfa.gov.lb/arabic/minister/minister-profile|title=وزارة الخارجية والمغتربين - سيرة ذاتية|website=www.mfa.gov.lb}}</ref>) is a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] diplomat, academic, professor and the former [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants (Lebanon)|Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Diplomat Nassif Hitti to be named Lebanon foreign minister: sources |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government-foreignmini/diplomat-nassif-hitti-to-be-named-lebanon-foreign-minister-sources-idUSKBN1ZK2BI |work=Reuters |date=21 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

== Education == Nassif Hitti studied at the College des Frères in [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]], and completed his secondary education at the [[Collège des Frères Maristes Champville]], near Beirut.

Nassif Hitti has a bachelor of arts (1975) and master of arts (1977) in political sciences from the [[American University of Beirut]] and earned a PhD in International Relations from the [[University of Southern California]] in 1980.<ref name="aub">{{cite web|url=https://website.aub.edu.lb/advancement/alumnirelations/Documents/Al%20Jamea/issue10/spotlight.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811171523/https://website.aub.edu.lb/advancement/alumnirelations/Documents/Al%20Jamea/issue10/spotlight.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2024|title=WAAAUB eNewsletter | In the Spotlight|website=website.aub.edu.lb|accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>

== Career == Nassif Hitti joined the [[Arab League]] in 1981 in Tunis.

From 1985 to 1990, he was posted in Ottawa at the Office of the League of Arab States to Canada.

Between 1991 and 1999, Dr. Hitti served as diplomatic adviser to the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, in Cairo.

From 1992 to 1999, Dr. Hitti was a part-time professor of International Relations and Middle Eastern Affairs at the [[The American University in Cairo|American University in Cairo]] and a member of the editorial board of the Arab League's Arab Affairs magazine.

Dr. Hitti served as Ambassador of the [[Arab League]] to France and [[UNESCO]] (2000–2013), spokesperson of the Arab League (2013–2014) and Arab League Ambassador to Italy and the Holy See (2014–2015).

Dr. Hitti was the Director of the Higher Institute of Political and Administrative Sciences at the School of Law and Political Sciences of the [[Holy Spirit University of Kaslik]] (2016–2019).

Nassif Hitti has been a frequent lecturer at the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies in Malta and also at various universities in Europe and the Arab World, as well as research centers.

Nassif Hitti was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon by Prime Minister [[Hassan Diab]] on January 21, 2020. He resigned a few months later on August 3, stating that the country risked becoming a "[[failed state]]".<ref>{{cite news |title=Lebanese Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti quits 'sinking ship' {{!}} DW {{!}} 03.08.2020 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/lebanese-foreign-minister-nassif-hitti-quits-sinking-ship/a-54415154 |accessdate=4 August 2020 |work=DW.COM}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Azhari |first1=Timour |title=Lebanon foreign minister resigns citing risks of a 'failed state' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/lebanon-foreign-minister-quits-pm-lack-reformist-200803081938960.html |accessdate=4 August 2020 |work=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref>

== Publications == Dr. Hitti is the author of two books, ''The Theory of International Relations'' and ''The Arab World and the Five Superpowers: Futuristic Study''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Libnanews |first1=Newsdesk |title=Qui est Nassif Hitti, le ministre des affaires étrangères? |url=https://libnanews.com/qui-est-nassif-hitti/ |website=Libnanews, Le Média Citoyen du Liban |accessdate=12 March 2020 |language=fr-FR |date=23 January 2020}}</ref> and of many papers on Arab and international affairs. He has contributed regular articles to numerous newspapers.

==References== {{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hitti, Nassif}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American University of Beirut alumni]] [[Category:University of Southern California alumni]] [[Category:Academic staff of the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the Arab League]] [[Category:Foreign ministers of Lebanon]] [[Category:Politicians from Tripoli, Lebanon]] [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Free Patriotic Movement politicians]] [[Category:21st-century Lebanese politicians]] [[Category:21st-century Lebanese diplomats]] [[Category:20th-century Lebanese diplomats]]