About Us
Diplomatic relations between Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates date back to 1972, where the Embassy of Lebanon was established in Abu Dhabi following the declaration of the Union, and Lebanon was one of the first 10 countries where the Emirate has opened an embassy.
Lebanon Consulate General in Dubai and the Northern Emirates is a consular mission established in 1978, covering the followincommunites: Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah. Currently more than 200 thousand Lebanese live in these emirates.
On September 1, 1999, the current consulate building in Bur Dubai was inaugurated with a generous donation from the Lebanese community.
Memorable Events:
11/12/1978
Establishment of Lebanon Consulate in Dubai. Opens officially in 1979
1988
Reopening in a new address on Maktoum Street - Nasser Lotara Building. 1986 Suspension of work in the consulate. 1988 Reopening in a new address
01/09/1999
Opening of the current building in Bur Dubai - Umm Hurair Street 3 under the patronage of H.E. the former President of the Republic Emile Lahoud represented by Minister Mohammed Baydoun
2001
Visit of H.E. the President of the House of Representatives Nabih Berri as a key guest to the opening of the Dubai Shopping Festival at the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid AL Maktoum
2012
Visit of H.E. Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali Shami
2014
Visit of former Prime Minister Tamam Salam
2014
Visit of H.E. Minister for Foreign Affairs & Emigrants Gebran Bassil
2015
Visit of H.E. Former President Michel Suleiman
April 2018
First Parliamentary Elections for Emigrants
February 2019
Visit of H.E. Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri
2021
Expo2020 in Dubai
May 2022
Parliamentary Elections for Emigrants for over 21000 Lebanese registered
2023
H.E. Prime Minister Najib Mikati headed Lebanon’s delegation to Cop28
Chiefs of Mission since 1978
- 1978 – 1983 Mohamed Issa
- 1983 – 1986 Nizar Shams
- 1988 – 1996 Afif Ayoub
- 1996 – 1999 Hassan Saad
- 1999 – 2001 Saad Zakhia
- 2001 – 2012 Dona Turk
- 2012 – 2018 Sami Al-Nemir
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Since 2018, Assaf Doumit
Consular Functions
According to article 5 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963, its functions include the following:
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Protecting in Dubai and the Northern Emirates the interests of Lebanon and the Lebanese nationals.
- Furthering the development of commercial, economic, cultural and scientific relations between Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates.
- Understanding of the culture of the United Arab Emirates, in addition to its commercial, economic and scientific aspects and their development.
- Issuing passports and travel documents to Lebanese citizens and Palestinian refugees, and visas or appropriate documents to persons wishing to travel to Lebanon.
- Helping and assisting Lebanese, both individuals and bodies corporate.
- Acting as notary and civil registrar and in capacities of a similar kind, and performing certain functions of an administrative nature.
- Transmitting judicial and extrajudicial documents or executing letters rogatory or commissions to take evidence for the courts of Lebanon.
- Performing any other functions entrusted to a consular post by Lebanon which are not prohibited by the laws and regulations of the United Arab Emirates.
Biography of The Consul General
His Excellency Consul General Assaf Doumit has been the Head of the Consulate General Mission in Dubai and the Northern Emirates since 2018.
H.E held several positions in the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Emigrants and the Lebanese missions abroad after joining the diplomatic service in 2003 and becoming a Counsellor in 2017.
He was assigned to manage the protocol department in the ministry of Foreign Affairs & Emigrants (2017-2018) and was the Deputy to the Director of Administrative and Financial Affairs (2015-2017).
H.E. served in several Lebanese missions abroad: at the Embassy of Lebanon to the Swiss Federation (Consul/Deputy Head of Mission, 2008 – 2014), Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy (2012-2013) and at the Embassy of Lebanon to the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Consul/Deputy Head of Mission, 2005 - 2008).
The Consul-General is a graduate of the National School of Administration (Senior Promotion 21-2002) and fluent in Arabic & English. He holds a Master's degree in global diplomacy (MA in Global Diplomacy) from the University of London and two bachelor degrees in Business and Marketing (1999) and in Accounting and Finance (1998) from the Lebanese University.
H.E. is married to MRs Marilyn Kahwaji (the acting Governor - Qa’emmaqam of Chouf District), and they have two sons.