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Gilbert Boustany Appointed Ambassador to UAE, Miami Mission Reorganised
Foreign Affairs Minister EP Chet Greene on Friday announced that Gilbert Boustany has been appointed Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, while also outlining changes to the country’s diplomatic arrangements in Miami following Boustany’s departure from that post.
Speaking during the 2026 Budget Debate in Parliament, Greene confirmed Boustany’s new UAE appointment as part of a wider restructuring of Antigua and Barbuda’s overseas representation.
Boustany previously served as Antigua and Barbuda’s top diplomat in Miami, a key diplomatic and consular post given the city’s role as a hub for the Caribbean diaspora, trade and travel.
Greene told lawmakers that with Boustany’s reassignment, the government has adjusted how the Miami mission will be managed, noting that arrangements there are now being handled through updated staffing and administrative structures.
While Greene did not announce a new ambassador or consul general for Miami during his presentation, he indicated that the government has ensured continuity in the mission’s operations as part of its broader diplomatic realignment.
In recent weeks, the government has confirmed new senior appointments to the Miami mission, including Marie Louise Francis as Senior Trade, Investment and Diaspora Officer, with stated intentions for her to be appointed Consul General in the new year.
The Miami consulate remains central to Antigua and Barbuda’s engagement with its diaspora and commercial partners in the United States.
Greene linked Boustany’s appointment to the UAE with Antigua and Barbuda’s efforts to strengthen ties in strategically important regions. He previously referenced new visa arrangements with the UAE as part of broader initiatives to deepen bilateral cooperation.
The minister did not provide a start date for Boustany’s UAE posting but presented the appointment as a key step in expanding the country’s diplomatic reach and repositioning its foreign service to meet evolving economic and strategic priorities.
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How much do our foreign missions actually cost taxpayers — and what do we get in return?
The government does a poor job showing value for money when it comes to overseas diplomats. We’re told the work is “behind the scenes” and the public can’t know details. That excuse doesn’t hold when millions in public funds are involved.
If these missions are worthwhile, publish the numbers:
Total cost per mission
Salaries by position
Rent, travel, and operating expenses
Revenue earned and measurable outcomes
Match the receipts to the results.
I’m sure many staff do solid work, but without transparency it’s reasonable to assume there’s waste and overpayment in some missions. Accountability isn’t anti-government — it’s basic good governance.
I don’t make and all these white officials given ambassador status to build their ethnicity and family wealth been replace by black people who or the majority of Antigua population, none a them did anything for us the black common man, they were out there in a paternalistic perception that we need them to go out into the world and manage for us, the prime minister I understood had said that he appoint Caucasian looking tourism minister because white people are more comfortable doing business with white people, that was the reason for asot and now max Fernandez as tourism minister, if robin was younger he would have been next in line.
The young guy Antonio as ambassador to china is a very positive thing in terms of ethnicity, but these guys are marionette to Gaston and have no commitment to the country of their birth. The other ambassador that some find controversial is baba Patrice like, I think it’s good regardless of what that black people are ambassador of their nation, we have been infantilized for too long.
I don’t mind that all these white officials given ambassador status to build their ethnicity and family wealth been replace by black people who or the majority of Antigua population, none a them did anything for us the black common man, they were out there in a paternalistic perception that we need them to go out into the world and manage for us, the prime minister I understood had said that he appoint Caucasian looking tourism minister because white people are more comfortable doing business with white people, that was the reason for asot and now max Fernandez as tourism minister, if robin was younger he would have been next in line.
The young guy Antonio as ambassador to china is a very positive thing in terms of ethnicity, but these guys are marionette to Gaston and have no commitment to the country of their birth. The other ambassador that some find controversial is baba Patrice like, and I think kimba should also be an ambassador,I think it’s good regardless of what that black people are ambassador of their nation, we have been infantilized for too long.