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Ibrahim Kanaan
Ibrahim Youssef Kanaan ( ar, إبراهيم كنعان, born in 1962) is a Maronites, Maronite Lebanon, Lebanese politician, MP of the ''Free Patriotic Movement, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM)'', and lawyer. Personal life Born on November 11, 1962, into a Maronite family, he has three brothers and two sisters. He is married to Tania Saadé, and has two daughters, Maria and Rita. Education He went to Collège des Frères Maristes Champville, Champville and Collège Mont La Salle, Mont-La Salle schools, then studied law in the Saint Joseph University, USJ university, followed by a master's degree in International private law, International Private Law from University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Paris 2 in 1987, and another Master's in French law, French Law, and is member of the Bar since 1989. Career and Politics His political activism started since the beginning of Michel Aoun's political journey, even before the creation of the ''Free Patriotic Movement, Free Patriotic Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Kanaan, MTV Lebanon - Feb 7, 2020
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Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam. For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam. Ibrahim may also refer to: * Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people with the name) * Ibrahim (sura), a sura of the Qur'an * ''Ibrahim el Awal'', a Hunt-class destroyer that served in the Egyptian navy under that name 1951-56 * Ibrahim prize, a prize to recognise good governance in Africa * "Ibrahim", a song by David Friedman from ''Shades of Change'' See also * Ibrahimzai, a Pashtun tribe of Afghanistan * Ibrahima * Abraham (other) * Avraham (other) Avraham (Hebrew: ) is the Hebrew name of Abraham, patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. Avraham may also refer to: * Avraham (given name) * Avraham (surname) See also * Abraham (other) * Avram (other) * Ibrahim (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (European part of Turkey), Egypt, Iran, the Levant (including Syria (region), Ash-Shām and Cyprus), Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), and the Socotra Governorate, Socotra Archipelago (a part of Yemen). The term came into widespread usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East) beginning in the early 20th century. The term "Middle East" has led to some confusion over its changing definitions, and has been viewed by some to be discriminatory or too Eurocentrism, Eurocentric. The region includes the vast majority of the territories included in the closely associated definition of Western Asia (including Iran), but without the South Caucasus, and additionally includes all of Egypt (not just the Sina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1962 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Issam Abu Jamra
Issam Abu Jamra ( ar, عصام أبو جمرا; born 6 February 1937) is a retired Lebanese major general and a politician, who served as deputy prime minister in the cabinets of Michel Aoun and Fouad Siniora. Until 2010 he was part of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM). Early life and education Jamra was born in Kfeir, Hasbeya, south Lebanon, into a Greek Orthodox family on 6 February 1937. He attended Lebanese army's military academy and graduated as an artillery officer in 1959. In addition, he obtained a bachelor's degree in law from Lebanese University in 1984. Career Abu Jamra began his career in Lebanese army in 1956. After serving in different positions in the army and defense ministry, he was appointed deputy prime minister to the interim military government under Michel Aoun on 22 September 1988 and was in office until 13 October 1990. He also served as minister of telecommunications and minister of economy from 22 April 1988 to 25 November 1989. He replaced George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Bou Saab
Elias Nicolas Bou Saab ( ar, إلياس بو صعب; born 8 September 1967) is a Lebanese politician. He was a Minister of National Defense, Advisor to the President of Lebanon Michel Aoun on International Cooperation. He was elected Deputy speaker of the Lebanese parliament on May 31, 2022. He was also a member of the founding board of directors of television station OTV. Early life Elias Bou Saab was born in Dhour El Choueir in Mount Lebanon on September 8, 1967. He is the son of Nicolas Bou Saab and Janette Owayjan. He attended St. Joseph School in Cornet Chahwan from 1971 till 1987. After graduating from high school, Elias traveled to the United Kingdom to attend The American College in London to receive his Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing. He later received his Masters of Arts in International Relations from Boston University in the Spring of 1994 where he was elected twice President of the Student Government Association. In 1992, he founded The Lebanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Aoun
Mario Aoun (born 1951) is a Lebanese physician and politician. He was a member of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) led by Michel Aoun. He was the minister of social affairs between 2008 and 2009. Early life and education Aoun was born into a Maronite family in Damour in 1951. He is a graduate of the University of Bordeaux and received a medical degree in endocrinology and metabolic illnesses in 1982. Career Aoun was the chief of service at Lebanese Hospital in Jeitawi in 2004. He also worked at St. Charles Hospital in 2004. In addition, he was FPM’s coordinator in Damour. Later he became the first FPM head of the Lebanese Order of Physicians on 31 May 2004. He served there until 2007. In July 2008, Aoun was appointed minister of social affairs to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and replaced Nayla Mouawad in the post. Aoun ran for a seat from the Chouf district in the general elections of 2009, but he could not win the election. Aoun's tenure as social affairs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Aoun
Alain Joseph Aoun ( ar, آلان جوزيف عون; born 1971) is a Member of the Lebanese Parliament of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM). He is a telecom engineer and holder of an MBA, and a nephew of Lebanese President Michel Aoun. He has been part of the FPM since its creation. He was elected Maronite Member of Parliament for the constituency of Baabda on 7 June 2009, on the Change and Reform list. He was re-elected on 6 May 2018 for a third term. On 20 May 2018, he was elected by the general assembly as Secretary of the Lebanese Parliament. Biography After a professional career spent mainly within the Alcatel group where he held several positions (tendering, construction of telecommunication fixed/mobile networks) in France and abroad, he devoted himself entirely to politics. His political career began when he joined the FPM from its creation when General Michel Aoun then head of government (1988–1990) launched the War of Liberation against the Syrian occupation of Leb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gebran Bassil
Gebran Gerge Bassil ( ar, جبران جرجي باسيل; born 21 June 1970) is a Lebanese politician who is the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement since 2015. A Maronite Christian, he is the son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, and has been his most senior advisor since 2005. Born in Batroun, Bassil joined the FPM, becoming a prominent activist in it. He ran in the general election of 2005 and 2009, and was appointed as the Minister of Telecommunications in the First Cabinet of Saad Hariri. In 2011, Bassil and all ministers of the opposition announced their resignation, leading to the collapse of the government. He subsequently held the position of Minister of Energy and Water between 2011 and 2014, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants from 2014 to 2020. He won a parliamentary seat for Batroun district and the Maronite sect in the general election in 2018. He was highly targeted in the widespread Lebanese protests which began by the end of 2019. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Aoun
Michel Naim Aoun ( ar, ميشال نعيم عون ; born 30 September 1933) is a Lebanese politician and former military general who served as the President of Lebanon from 31 October 2016 until 30 October 2022. Born in Haret Hreik to a Maronite Christian family, Aoun joined the Military Academy in 1955 and graduated as an artillery officer in the Lebanese Army. In 1984, he became the youngest Commander of the Army, at the age of 49 years. On 22 September 1988 during the fourth phase of the Lebanese Civil War, the departing President Amine Gemayel appointed him as the interim Prime Minister of a Military Government, after the parliament failed to elect a new president, and dismissed the current government headed by the Acting Prime Minister Selim Hoss. This controversial decision saw the rise of two rival governments contending for power at that time, with Aoun being supported mainly by Christians and Iraq, while the other being supported by Muslims and Syria. He declared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Change And Reform Bloc
Change or Changing may refer to: Alteration * Impermanence, a difference in a state of affairs at different points in time * Menopause, also referred to as "the change", the permanent cessation of the menstrual period * Metamorphosis, or change, a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching * Personal development, or personal change, activities that improve awareness and identity * Social change, an alteration in the social order of a society * Technological change, invention, innovation, and diffusion of technology Organizations and politics * Change 2011, a Finnish political party * Change We Need, a slogan for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign * Change.gov, the transition website for the incoming Obama administration in 2008–2009 * Change.org, a petition website operated by Change.org, Inc. * Communities Helping All Neighbors Gain Empowerment (CHANGE), a civic organization based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina * Movement for Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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