Gabriel Murr ( ar, غابريال المرّ) is a Lebanese politician and businessman who launched
MTV
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in 1991, and is the brother of
Michel Murr. He is an open critic of the relationship that
Lebanon
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has had with the
Syrian Government
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.
Personal life and Education
Gabriel Murr was born on 26 February 1939.
He has a civil engineering degree from the
American University of Beirut
The American University of Beirut (AUB) ( ar, الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, aut ...
in 1963.
He married Hoda Roos with whom he has four children: Jihad, Michel, Carol and Carl.
Controversies
There was some controversy whether or not he had won the
Matn
Hadith studies ( ar, علم الحديث ''ʻilm al-ḥadīth'' "science of hadith", also science of hadith, or science of hadith criticism or hadith criticism)
consists of several religious scholarly disciplines used by Muslim scholars in th ...
election against his niece
Mirna Murr, in order to enter the
parliament
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in 2002 after the death of Albert Moukheiber, but it was decided that he had won the election.
In April 2019, he accused his son Michel of sending individuals to besiege his office.
See also
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Mirna Murr
References
1939 births
Living people
American University of Beirut alumni
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Lebanon
Lebanese mass media owners
Members of the Parliament of Lebanon
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