| Imad Moustapha عماد مصطفى | |
| Order: | 5th |
| Office: | Ambassador of Syria to China |
| Term Start: | December 2011[1] |
| Term End: | February 2022 |
| Successor: | Mohammad Hassaneh Khalil Haddam |
| Order1: | 9th |
| Office1: | Ambassador of Syria to the United States |
| Term Start1: | 1 January 2004 |
| Term End1: | December 2011 |
| Predecessor1: | Rostom Al-Zoubi |
| Successor1: | Zuheir Jabbour |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Aleppo, Syria |
| Nationality: | Syrian |
| Spouse: | Rafif |
| Children: | Sidra, Saree |
| Residence: | Damascus, Syria |
| Profession: | Civil Servant, Diplomat |
| Website: | http://imad_moustapha.blogs.com/ |
Imad Moustapha (Arabic: عماد مصطفى; born 11 March 1959) is a former Syrian Ambassador to China[2] and the United States.[3]
Imad Moustapha was born in Aleppo on 11 March 1952.[4]
He was Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology (IT) at the University of Damascus, and Secretary General of the Arab School on Science and Technology. He is a co-founder of the Network of Syrian Scientists, Technologists and Innovators Abroad (NOSSTIA). This organization was involved in establishing Meedan, "a non-profit social technology company which aims to increase cross-language interaction on the web, with particular emphasis on translation and aggregation services in Arabic and English."[5]
Imad Moustapha regularly writes in the print media and appears on television, representing the Syrian government position. He has also occasionally appeared at public lectures, think-tanks, and world-affairs councils.[6]
His wide range of interests include: globalization, cultural identities, social and economic impacts of the Internet, and Western classical music.
On 25 June 2011, the Washington Bureau chief of Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai reported in NOW Lebanon that Ambassador Mustapha was engaged in various espionage activities, as well as threats to Syrians living in the US.[7] Facing possible repercussions from an FBI investigation into the matter, Mustapha moved to China in February 2012.[8] According to CNN political analyst Josh Rogin in 2017, before Mustapha departed for Beijing he had left in place a network of friends, Syrian Americans and others who had close ties to the regime and would lobby on Bashar al-Assad's behalf.[9]