Imad Moustapha presented his credentials in March 2012 as the Ambassador of Syria to China.
He is also accredited as the Ambassador of Syria in Mongolia, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Prior to that, he served as his country’s Ambassador to the USA in Washington DC from 2003 to 2011.
Before joining the diplomatic corps, he was an academic at the University of Damascus where he served from 2000 to 2003 as Dean of Information Technology. He also held the position of Secretary General of the Arab School on Science and Technology. Throughout his academic career, Imad Moustapha acted as a consultant to several international, Arab and regional organizations such as the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO). He is a co-author of the renowned UN report “Human Development in the Arab World”.
Imad Moustapha is very active on the international media scene, with numerous appearances on U.S., European, Arab and Chinese TV programs. In addition to the large number of newspapers’ interviews that he had given, he has published many articles and opinion editorials in major American and Arab newspapers.
He has also authored and translated many books.
He is skilled in both English and French with a moderate command of German.
He is currently studying Chinese. His personal interests include: history, art, classical music, physics, chess and WeiQi. Currently he is assiduously exploring the enchanting world of Peking Opera.
Imad Moustapha was born in 11 March 1959 in Aleppo, Syria. He holds a Ph.D. and a MSc. from the University of Surrey, U.K. as well as a BSc. from the University of Damascus. He is married to Dr. Rafif al-Sayed and the father of two children: Sidra (13) and Saree (11).
