{"id":23334,"date":"2026-02-17T00:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-receives-lebanese-passport\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T00:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:45:23","slug":"fifa-president-gianni-infantino-receives-lebanese-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-receives-lebanese-passport\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA President Gianni Infantino receives Lebanese passport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 FIFA President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Gianni Infantino<\/span> He received his Lebanese passport at the Interior Ministry in Beirut on Monday, months after being granted citizenship by the country&#8217;s president.<\/p>\n<p>Infantino, who is married to Lebanese national Lina al-Ashkar, thanked President Joseph Aoun during a meeting at the Ministry of Interior, where he presented his documents, had his photo and fingerprints taken, and was given a new blue Lebanese passport. <\/p>\n<p>Infantino also holds Italian and Swiss citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am very proud and very happy to finally be here at the Ministry of Interior in Beirut to obtain my Lebanese passport,&#8221; Infantino said in a video carried by a local television station. &#8220;I love Lebanon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lebanese women are normal <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">unable to pass citizenship<\/span> to foreign husbands and children under Lebanese law. However, Aoun made an exception for Infantino and granted citizenship to him and his family. <\/p>\n<p>Lebanese men who marry foreign women automatically pass on their nationality to their children, and wives are eligible to acquire nationality after a certain period of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA is the international football governing body.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lebanon-citizenship-fifa-president-infantino-beirut-passport-2057186e8f75e2c03b437dd82ae287e1\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 FIFA President Gianni Infantino He received his Lebanese passport at the Interior Ministry in Beirut on Monday, months after being granted citizenship by the country&#8217;s president. 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