Lana Nusseibeh
Director of Research and Communications,
Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs

Lana Nusseibeh joined the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs in August 2006 as Director of Communications running the regional and international media and communications strategy for the first UAE elections to the Federal National Council in December 2006. In this role she also developed key position statements for UAE government spokespeople and handled domestic and international media relations as well as communications management during the election period.

From August 2007 Lana established and now also directs the Research Unit at the Ministry which aims to provide policy research and recommendations on key issues that impact the development of the UAE. She has worked on various governmental committees on diverse policy related topics.
 
Aside from her work on parliamentary issues, Lana Nusseibeh works directly with the Minister of State for FNCA, who is also the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Chairperson of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, Chair of the Committee to Monitor Issues that Impact the Reputation of the UAE and Deputy Chair of the National Population Committee. She is frequently part of UAE delegations abroad as part of the Minister’s team. Her areas of policy work include parliamentary affairs, human trafficking, human rights issues and labour market reform.

Prior to that, Lana was a Research Analyst at the Gulf Research Center, Dubai, in the Security and Terrorism Program where she contributed to research publications on Gulf security issues as well as articles for regional and international media.

She received her Bachelor of Arts and Masters in History from Cambridge University, England. She received a second Masters degree with distinction in Israeli and Jewish Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.

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