Lamia Fathi Abusedra (26 January 1974) is a Libyan engineer, revolutionary, and political ambassador. From May 2022, she has served as the Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations at Geneva.
Early life and education.
Abusedra was born on 26 January 1974.
Abusedra achieved her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees at the University of Garyounis in Benghazi. After achieving her PhD at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, Abusedra worked as an associate researcher at Exeter's School of Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics from 2007 to 2009. 
Career in Libya.
Abusedra returned to Libya and her alma mater the University of Garyounis in 2010, where she taught at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Libyan Civil War.
During the 2011 Libyan Civil War, Abusedra created "a database of people who disappeared, were injured, in hospitals, deprived of homes, or affected by the military actions in any other way." She also founded the NGO Forum For a Democratic Libya, based in Benghazi, Cyrenaica, and the Libyan Coalition of NGOs in 2011.
Abusedra then became the Head of International Relations Administration under the new "de facto" government of Libya, serving with the National Transitional Council’s Office for Culture and Civil Society. From March 2013 to December 2014, she served as Deputy Minister of Information of Libya. From June 2017 to June 2020, she served as an advisor to the Minister of State for Institution Reform.
Ambassador to the UN.
On 3 May 2022, Abusedra became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary as the new Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations (UN) at Geneva.
In this role, Abusedra has supported and cooperated with the UN's independent fact-finding mission, which had a mandate to investigate human rights, in Libya. The mission found "reports of torture, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and sexual and gender-based violence" and "political division, insecurity, the proliferation of weapons and the increasing phenomenon of irregular migration and external intervention." A national human rights plan has been implemented in Libya to address the issues and violations of international human rights law.
Abusedra has also presented reports to the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent and has participated in panels delivered for young women in diplomacy to mark International Women’s Day.