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Charbel Nahas
Charbel Nahas ( ar, شربل نحاس; born 16 August 1954) is a Lebanese politician, economist and engineer who is the General Secretary of Citizens in a State, a political party that was established in 2016 and that has as its goal to create "a civil, democratic, fair and capable state". He is widely considered to be a Lebanese progressive whose priority has been to improve living conditions for the country's disenfranchised poor. Nahas served as labour minister in Najib Mikati's second government as one of eleven Change and Reform ministers, led by Michel Aoun. He resigned on 22 February 2012, arguing that all of his colleagues in government were preventing any effective improvement in workers' rights. Early life and education Charbel Nahas was born in Beirut on 16 August 1954 into a Melkite Christian family. He graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris in 1976, and from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, also in Paris, in 1978. He also received a PhD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizens In A State
Citizens in a State (, abbreviated MMFD) is a Lebanese political party launched in 2016 by Charbel Nahas, who is also its current General Secretary. The party is a participant in the 17 October Revolution. History In his 1999 book, ''A Socioeconomic Program for Lebanon'', Nahas discussed Lebanon's conflicts and financial problems. He proposed an action plan that would acknowledge issues faced by the Lebanese people and outlined actionable steps to improve their financial and political situation. The book was the first political and economic analysis of Lebanon's crisis and made suggestions for a progressive system that prioritized the improvement of the living conditions of the country's citizens. According to Nahas, the laws issued after 1994 were a series of mistakes resulting in corruption that benefited the political class and its cronies. In 2014, Nahas stated that the entire political system needed change, and that the Taif Agreement was not an actual reform that benefits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |