Brazil–Lebanon refers to the current and historical relations between the

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and

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

. Approximately 7 to 10 million Brazilians have Lebanese ancestry. Both nations are members of the Group of 24,

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and the

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History

In 1877, Emperor Pedro II of Brazil visited

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, which was then part of the

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. The first Lebanese migrants to arrive to Brazil was in 1882, with the majority of them being

Maronite The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the largest ...

Christians from

Mount Lebanon Mount Lebanon ( ar, جَبَل لُبْنَان, ''jabal lubnān'', ; syr, ܛܘܪ ܠܒ݂ܢܢ, ', , ''ṭūr lewnōn'' french: Mont Liban) is a mountain range in Lebanon. It averages above in elevation, with its peak at . Geography The Mount Le ...

. In 1920, Brazil opened a consulate in Beirut to facilitate Ottoman (Lebanese) emigration to Brazil. By 1914, over 60,000 Lebanese had immigrated to Brazil. In October 1945, Lebanon obtained its independence from

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and in November 1945, Brazil recognized and established diplomatic relations with Lebanon. In 1954, Lebanese President

Camille Chamoun Camille Nimr Chamoun OM, ONC ( ar, كميل نمر شمعون, ''Kamīl Sham'ūn''; 3 April 1900 – 7 August 1987) was a Lebanese politician who served as President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Chris ...

paid an official visit to Brazil, becoming the first Lebanese head of state to visit Brazil. Later that year, both nations opened embassies in each other's capital's, respectively. Between

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and

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, a second wave of Lebanese migrants immigrated to Brazil. The last wave of Lebanese immigrated to Brazil during the

Lebanese Civil War The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...

(1975–1990). Since 2011, Brazil has contributed troops and has taken command of the

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ( ar, قوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان, he, כוח האו"ם הזמני בלבנון), or UNIFIL ( ar, يونيفيل, he, יוניפי״ל), is a UN peacekeeping m ...

, based in the south of Lebanon and currently maintains 1,288 soldiers and personnel in the country. In November 2011, then Brazilian Vice-President, Michel Temer, paid a visit to Lebanon. Temer, who is of Lebanese origin, became

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in August 2016.

High-level visits

High-level visits from Brazil to Lebanon * Vice-President Michel Temer (2011) High-level visits from Lebanon to Brazil * President

(1954) * Prime Minister

Rafic Hariri Rafic Bahaa El Deen Al Hariri ( ar, رفيق بهاء الدين الحريري; 1 November 1944 – 14 February 2005) was a Lebanese business tycoon and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from ...

(1995, 2003) * President

Elias Hrawi Elias Hrawi ( ar, الياس الهراوي, 4 September 1926 – 7 July 2006) was president of Lebanon, whose term of office ran from 1989 to 1998. Early life and education Hrawi was born in Hawch Al Umara, Zahlé, to a wealthy landowning Mar ...

(1997) * Prime Minister

Najib Mikati Najib Azmi Mikati ( ar, نجيب عزمي ميقاتي; born 24 November 1955) is a Lebanese politician and businessman, and three-time Prime Minister of Lebanon whose current term began in September 2021. He also serves as the acting President ...

(2005) * President Michel Sleiman (2010)

Agreements

Both nations have signed several bilateral agreements, such as a Memorandum of Understanding on Political Consultations; Agreement on Visa Waiver for citizens holding diplomatic, service or official passports and an Agreement by Exchange of Notes to extend tourism and business visa validity in regular passports.

Trade

In 2018, trade between Brazil and Lebanon totaled US$298 million. Brazil's main exports to Lebanon include: meat, coffee, sugar, airplanes and automobiles. Lebanon's main exports to Brazil include: fertilizer and lead. Lebanon is Brazil's 77th largest trading partner globally.

Resident diplomatic missions

* Brazil has an embassy in

. * Lebanon has an embassy in

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and consulates-general in

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and

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.Embassy of Lebanon in Beirut
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References

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Lebanon Lebanon ( ; ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ; french: Liban), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, w ...