Ambassador to the US Antoine Chedid of Lebanon
As a senior career diplomat, Ambassador Chedid was member of the Lebanese delegations to 12 general assemblies of the United Nations in New York.
Ambassador Chedid is a law graduate from the French University of Saint Josephs School of Law.
As a senior career diplomat of the Foreign Service, Ambassador Chedid was member of the Lebanese delegations to twelve General Assemblies of the United Nations in New York.
Ambassador Chedid was born in Zahle/Lebanon in 1951.
The crisis Chedid is referring to began on Nov 23, 2007, when Emile Lahouds term as Lebanons 11th president came to an end.
postings in the 1980s and 1990s, Chedid was named Lebanons ambassador to Greece, where he served for two years.
Chedid is married to Nicole Saba (also from Zahle) and they have three children: Georges, Rhea and Anthony.
Chedid is scheduled to meet with Bush's national security adviser Stephen Hadley.
Prior to his posting to Washington, Chedid was Head of the Bureau of International Organizations, Conferences and Cultural Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beirut.
to Washington, Ambassador Chedid was acting as Charge d'Affaire until the newly elected President Suleyman approved the pending appointment of 35 new Lebanese Ambassadors all over the world.
In addition to Rice, Chedid met Thursday with the top US.
In addition to Rice, Chedid met Thursday with the top US diplomat for the Middle East, David Welch, and Iraq coordinator David Satterfield, both of whom he knows from previous jobs.
One US official familiar with the situation said the slew of high-level meetings accorded Chedid is intended as both a signal of support for Saniora's government and a diplomatic slap in the face to Lahoud, whose term in office is due to end in November.