U.S. Embassy in Lebanon

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Michel Issa

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Ambassador Michel Issa presented his credentials on the 17^th  of November 2025 to officially become the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon.

Ambassador Issa previously served as President & CEO of Newton Investment Group LLC, in Newton, New Jersey, following a distinguished twenty-year banking career, including in New York, and Paris. In 1999, Ambassador Issa retired from banking to pursue his passion for automobiles and successively applied his business acumen to the automobile industry.

Ambassador Issa was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and spent his early childhood there before moving to Paris, France. He holds a DEUG (Diplome D’Etudes Universitaires Generales) Associate Degree in Economics from the University of Paris X Nanterre in Nanterre, France. He also studied at the Cours d’Etudes Superieures de Banques, in Paris, France.

Ambassador Issa is passionate about sports, having competed internationally in track and field and later developed a passion for tennis and golf.

Ambassador Issa is married and has two sons. He speaks French and Arabic.