Abdul Rahim Mrad ( ar, عبد الرحيم مراد) is a Lebanese

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politician.عبد الرحيم مراد
''Annahar'' He was born in 1942. A former minister, he is the founder of the

Lebanese International University The Lebanese International University (LIU; ar, الجامعة اللبنانية الدولية) is a private university established by the philanthropist and former Lebanese defense and education minister Abdul Rahim Mourad. The language of ...

(in 2001). He is the leader of the Union Party.Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
Political Party Mapping in Lebanon Ahead of the 2018 Elections
' He studied Business Administration and Law. Mourad lived in

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for five years Mourad was inducted to parliament in 1990, replacing Nazem Qadri. He was elected to parliament in the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2018, 2022 elections. He served in a number of ministerial positions: Minister for Professional Education and Technical Training in 1994, Education and Higher Learning in 2000, Minister of State in 2003 and Minister of Defense from 2004 to 2005. He stood as the

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candidate for a Sunni seat in West Bekaa-Rachaya in the

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, obtaining 29,095 votes (45.1%).Adam Carr.
REPUBLIC OF LEBANON - LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 7 JUNE 2009
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