Carlos Eddé ( ar, كارلوس إدة; born in 1956) is a Lebanese politician. He was the honorary president of

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In 2000, he succeeded his uncle

Raymond Eddé Raymond Eddé ( ar, ريمون إدّه; 15 March 1913 – 10 May 2000) was a Lebanese Maronite statesman who served his country for many years as a legislator and cabinet minister. He led the Lebanese National Bloc, an influential political p ...

as leader of the Lebanese National Bloc party ("Al-Amid" meaning "The Dean" in

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

). He received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Getulio Vargas, São Paulo, in 1981, his master's degree in Political Science from Georgetown University in 1983, and his master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Getulio Vargas in 1987. He is fluent in Portuguese, French, and English, in addition to his knowledge of Arabic. He served as a foreign delegate to the Lebanese newspaper L'Orient-Le Jour between 1983 and 1984. Between 1985 and 1992, he was responsible for financial planning at one of the largest paper mills in Brazil. Subsequently, he served as a private financial advisor between 1992 and 1995 and later worked at Merrill Lynch between 1995 and 2000. Carlos has been managing, since his return to Lebanon in 2000, the farm owned by his family for more than 150 years, producing wheat, vegetables, and grapes for wine production. In 2004 he participated actively in the

14 March Alliance The March 14 Alliance ( ar, تحالف 14 آذار, taḥāluf 14 adhār}), named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that are united by their anti-Syrian stance ...

and was among those who formulated the strategy to unify the opposition, leading to the departure of the Syrians. He presented a complete electoral law to reform the inefficient election system based on the single district. He also put forward a complete economic plan at the time of the election aiming to reinvigorate the Lebanese economy. In 2005, he unsuccessfully ran for the Maronite seat of

Byblos Byblos ( ; gr, Βύβλος), also known as Jbeil or Jubayl ( ar, جُبَيْل, Jubayl, locally ; phn, 𐤂𐤁𐤋, , probably ), is a city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is believed to have been first occupied between 8 ...

, longtime

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of his party, winning 32,125 votes against 50,840 for the Maronite candidate of the

Free Patriotic Movement The Free Patriotic Movement ( ar, التيار الوطني الحر, ) is a Lebanese political party. Founded by Michel Aoun in 2005, the party is currently led by Aoun son-in-law Gebran Bassil since 2015. Ideology The Free Patriotic movemen ...

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He also ran unsuccessfully for the Maronite seat in Kesserwan in the 2009 elections and also lost to the

candidate. Edde has not been active politically since 2009. In 2018 the party reformed its structure, and Edde accepted to stay for one year only. He is no longer Honorary President of the party.

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