Massad Boulos
Massad Fares Boulos | |
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مسعد بولس | |
Boulos in 2025 | |
| U.S. Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Senior Advisor for Africa (Department of State) | |
| Assumed office April 1, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Secretary of State | Marco Rubio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) Batroun District, Lebanon |
| Citizenship |
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| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Sarah Fadoul Boulos |
| Children | 4, including Michael and Fares |
| Relatives | Tiffany Trump (daughter-in-law) |
| Education | University of Houston–Downtown (BBA) Texas Southern University (JD) |
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Massad Fares Boulos (Arabic: مسعد فارس بولس; born 1971) is a Lebanese-born American businessman. He is Senior Advisor to the President of USA on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs and concurrently as Senior Advisor for Africa at the U.S. Department of State in the second Donald Trump administration.
He is the father of Michael Boulos, who is married to Trump's daughter Tiffany, making Boulos and Trump co-fathers-in-law. He campaigned for Trump's successful presidential campaign in the 2024 presidential election in Arab American communities, particularly in Michigan.
He rose to prominence in 2018 when his son began to date Tiffany Trump. In December 2024, President-elect Donald Trump designated Boulos as his Middle East adviser.