Gabriel Naoum Issa (born 15 March 1957) is a Lebanese-American businessman, politician and diplomat currently serving as Lebanon ambassador to the United States.
In 1975, Issa immigrated to the United States at the age of 18 and settled in Detroit among large Lebanese-American community.
[2] He was educated at the Detroit Institute of Technology where he obtained a bachelor of science degree in Civil Engineering in 1980.
The company translated General Motors car manual from English to other foreign languages.
Issa was appointed Lebanon ambassador to the US by president Michel Aoun in July 2017 and presented his letter of credence to the US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office in January 2018[3] succeeding Antoine Chedid who served from 2007 to 2016.