FIFA President Gianni Infantino receives his Lebanese passport at the Interior Ministry in Beirut, months after he was granted citizenship by the country’s president.
Infantino, who is married to Lebanese citizen Lina al-Ashkar, thanked Joseph Aoun, when he received him today, for granting him and his family Lebanese citizenship.
The meeting with Aoun took place after Infantino visited the Interior Ministry where he performed the official process of filing documents, being photographed, and having his fingerprints taken before he was handed a copy of his new blue Lebanese passport.
Infantino also has Italian and Swiss citizenship.
“I’m very proud and very happy to be here in Beirut at the Ministry of Interior to finally get my Lebanese passport,” Infantino says in a video carried by local TV stations. “I love Lebanon.”
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