Elias Abou Assi (; born July 5, 1950) is a Lebanese politician who is currently serving as the Secretary General of the
National Liberal Party.
Early life and education
Abou Assi was born in the town of
Abadiyeh in the
Baabda district to a
Maronite Christian family in Lebanon. He was a professor of political science in the
Saint Joseph University in Beirut.
Politics
He joined the
Qornet Chehwane Gathering in 2001 and took part in the
Cedar Revolution in 2005 following the
assassination of Rafic Hariri. However, his party did not manage to forge an electoral alliance with the other
March 14 parties and Abou Assi stood alone for the seat of Maronite deputy for the district of Baabda, facing two powerful lists, the first grouping together March 14 and Hezbollah, the second comprising General
Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement and the
Lebanese Democratic Party
The Lebanese Democratic Party ( ar, الحزب الديمقراطي اللبناني, al-ḥizb ad-dīmuqrāṭī al-Lubnānī'') is a political party in Lebanon established by Prince Talal Arslan and Marwan Abou Fadel in 2001. Prince Talal i ...
. He was not elected, like all the other candidates of his party.
In 2009, Abou Assi stood for the same position in the
2009 Lebanese general elections supported by the
Future Movement and the
Progressive Socialist Party but again failed to win against the candidates of the Free Patriotic Movement.
References
Lebanese politicians
National Liberal Party (Lebanon) politicians
Lebanese Maronites
Academic staff of Saint Joseph University
1950 births
Living people
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