Dr. Tarek Mitri is the President of Saint George University of Beirut and Former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Libya. Mitri has also been a minister in four Lebanese governments: Information, Environment, Administrative Development, and Culture; and Acting Foreign Minister. He is also a member of the Strategic Board of Lebanon’s Université Saint-Joseph; the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Palestine Studies; and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. He has lectured in several universities in Lebanon, Europe, and North America.