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Massad Fares Boulos | |
|---|---|
مسعد بولس | |
 Boulos in 2024 | |
| Senior Advisor to the President | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2025 Serving with Elon Musk (2025) | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Tom Perez |
| Senior Advisor for Africa at the Department of State | |
| Assumed office April 1, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Secretary of State | Marco Rubio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1971 (age 53–54)[1] Kfaraakka, Koura District, Lebanon |
| Citizenship |
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| Political party | Republican[2] |
| 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) |
Massad Fares Boulos (Arabic: مسعد فارس بولس; born 1971)[3] is a Lebanese-born American businessman and a senior advisor to the president of the United States, Donald Trump.[4] He is the father of Michael Boulos, who is married to Trump's daughter Tiffany. He campaigned for Trump's successful presidential campaign in the 2024 presidential election in Arab American communities, particularly in Michigan.[4][5]
Boulos worked as the CEO of SCOA Nigeria PLC,[6][7] a trucking and heavy machinery dealership company. In 2018 his son began to date Tiffany Trump. Originally announced in December 2024 as an Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs advisor,[6][8] in April 2025, Boulos was instead appointed Senior Advisor for Africa.[9][10]
- ^ Hayek, Caroline; Mardam Bey, Soulayma; Braidy, Nour (November 11, 2024). "Lebanon's Massad Boulos: Trump's new Middle East insider?". L'Orient Today.
- ^ "The Lebanese-American businessman in Donald Trump's inner circle". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
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- "Massad Fares Boulos - SCOA.NG | SCOA Nigeria PLC - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
- "SCOA Nigeria Unaudited Financial Statements" (PDF). March 31, 2023.
- "مسعد فارس بولس". كفرعقا (in Arabic). Retrieved March 12, 2025.
- "Scoa Nigeria Plc (SCOA.ng) 2024 Abridged Report". AfricanFinancials. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
- ^ a b Swanson, Ian (December 1, 2024). "Tiffany Trump's father-in-law Massad Boulos to become senior presidential adviser on Arab affairs". The Hill. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ Shalal, Andrea (November 16, 2024). "Trump's pro-Israel cabinet picks upset Muslims who voted for him". Reuters. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ a b Maclean, Ruth; Scheck, Justin; Homans, Charles; Olawoyin, Oladeinde (December 12, 2024). "Trump's Middle East Adviser Pick Is a Small-Time Truck Salesman". New York Times. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
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:5was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Newsham, Jack (December 13, 2024). "Massad Boulos, hailed as a billionaire lawyer advising Trump on Middle East policy, probably isn't a lawyer or a billionaire". Business Insider. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
- ^ "TRT Global - US dispatches Trump in-law Massad Boulos to DRC as M23 rebels continue offensive". trt.global. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
- ^ "Announcement of Massad Boulos as Senior Advisor for Africa". United States Department of State. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
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