May Chidiac (Arabic: مي شدياق) (born in Beirut, Lebanon, 20 June 1963) is a journalist and former Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Development.

Her expertise in media and communication has been recognized internationally, as evidenced by her participation in various academic forums and her role as a lecturer at institutions such as the University of Sydney.

[8] On October 19, 2019, May Chidiac and her 3 others colleagues from the Lebanese Forces resigned from the government after a third day of protests across the country against tax increases and alleged official corruption.

[15] In 2004, following an interview with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi she received a death threat, that was sent to her by Rustum Ghazaleh, a Syrian military and intelligence officer.

The messege came to her via a Lebanese political figure, Ghazaleh said he would “drink her blood.”[16] Chidiac was seriously injured on 25 September 2005, by a car bomb in Jounieh, Lebanon.

[17] The blast was one of a series of bombings in Lebanon mostly targeting critics of Syria, but including the centrist Lebanese defense minister, Elias Murr.

[18][19] One other journalist, Samir Kassir, and anti-Syrian politicians including George Hawi and Gebran Tueni, editor and publisher of the daily newspaper, An-Nahar, were killed in these attacks.

In 2007, she published her biography, Le Ciel m'attendra (French for Heaven Can Wait)[25] On 27 October 2006 May Chidiac received one of the three Courage in Journalism Awards presented by the International Women's Media Foundation.

[26] In June 2006, she received the "CRANS Montana Foundation Award" for Freedom of Expression offered by his Royal Highness Prince Albert De Monaco, Monte Carlo.

In December 2010, The "Prix Verité" ("Truth Prize") was awarded to Chidiac for Le Ciel M'attendra in 2007 in La Ville de Cannet, Cannes, France.