Ambassador of Lebanon to the Italian Republic
Ambassador Carla Jazzar is a career diplomat with over three decades’ experience in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy. She holds a Master’s degree in Political and Administrative Sciences from Saint Joseph University in Beirut (USJ) and a second Master’s degree in Diplomatic Studies and International Law from the Diplomatic Academy of London. Her career began in London, where she served as First Secretary and Consul.
She was subsequently posted to Paris as Deputy Permanent Representative of Lebanon to UNESCO and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), later assuming the duties of Acting Permanent Representative to both organisations. In 2004, she was posted to Washington D.C., where she served for over twelve years as Deputy Head of Mission at the Lebanese Embassy. Between 2016 and 2017, she served as Chargé d’Affaires, leading the mission during one of the most complex and delicate phases in Lebanon’s recent political history.
Upon her return to Beirut, she headed the Cryptographic Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2020 to 2024, she served in Brasília as Ambassador and Chargé d’Affaires, strengthening relations between Lebanon and Brazil and maintaining close ties with the world’s largest Lebanese diaspora.
