Georges Corm is a Lebanese economist. He served as

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in the government of

Salim Hoss Selim Ahmed Hoss ( ar, سليم أحمد الحص; also transliterated ''Salim Al-Hoss;'' born 20 December 1929) is a veteran Lebanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon and a longtime Member of Parliament representing his h ...

from 1998 to 2000. He studied at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (1958-1961) where he graduated in Public Finance and has also a PhD from Paris University in Constitutional Law (1969). His books have been translated into several languages. In 2018, he was the recipient of the

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for his work ''La Nouvelle Question d’Orient''.

Select bibliography

* ''Le Nouveau Gouvernement du Monde (Idéologies, Structures, Contre-Pouvoirs)'' (La Découverte, 2010) * ''L’Europe et le Mythe de l’Occident (La Construction d’une Histoire)'' (La Découverte, 2009) * ''Histoire du Moyen-Orient (De l'Antiquité à nos jours)'' (La Découverte/Poche, 2007) * ''Le Proche-Orient éclaté (1956–2012)'' (Gallimard/Histoire) * ''Orient-Occident, la fracture imaginaire'' (La découverte, 2002 et 2004) * ''L'Europe et l'Orient : de la balkanisation à la libanisation. Histoire d'une modernité inaccomplie'' (La découverte, 1998,2001 et 2003) * ''Le Liban contemporain. Histoire et société'' (La découverte, 2003 et 2005) * ''Histoire du pluralisme religieux dans le bassin méditerranéen'' (Geuthner, 1998) * ''Le Nouveau Désordre économique mondial'' (La découverte, 1993) * ''La Mue'' (roman, 1989) * ''Le Moyen-Orient'' (Flammarion/dominos, 1994) * ''La Question religieuse au XXI^e siècle. Géopolitique et crise de la post-modernité'' (La découverte, 2006) * ''Le nouveau gouvernement du monde - Idéologies, structures, contre-pouvoirs'' (La découverte, 2010)

References

External links

Corm's personal website
20th-century Lebanese historians 20th-century Lebanese writers 21st-century Lebanese historians Finance ministers of Lebanon Lebanese Maronites Lebanese expatriates in France Lebanese economists Living people Saint Joseph University faculty Lebanese Arab nationalists 1940 births {{asia-economist-stub