Ali Al Shami (born 1945) is a Shia Lebanese academic and a member of the Amal movement.

[2] Shami was part of the committee in charge of writing a program for action of the government led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri in November 2009.

[citation needed] He was appointed minister of foreign affairs and emigrants to the cabinet led by Hariri on 9 November 2009.

[3][4] He was named to this post by the Amal leader and Hezbollah ally Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

[7] Shami's tenure ended in June 2011, and he was replaced by Adnan Mansour in the post.