Hagop Kassarjian (born in

Bourj Hammoud Bourj Hammoud (also spelled Burj Hammud; ar, بُرْجُ حَمُّودٍ; hy, Պուրճ Համուտ) is a town and municipality in Lebanon located north-east of the capital Beirut, in the Matn District, and is part of Greater Beirut. The t ...

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in 1946) is a Lebanese

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descent.

Life

After graduating with an engineering degree from the American University of Beirut, he joined the

Armenian Democratic Liberal Party The Armenian Democratic Liberal Party ( hy, Ռամկավար Ազատական Կուսակցութիւն), the Ramgavar Party, (known before 1921 as the Armenakan party) ( hy, Արմենական Կուսակցութիւն), also known by its Ar ...

(ADL, Ramgavar Party) and in the 1990s, became the head of the party in Lebanon. He was elected to one of the Armenian Orthodox seats in

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on the list of

Rafic Hariri Rafic Bahaa El Deen Al Hariri ( ar, رفيق بهاء الدين الحريري; 1 November 1944 – 14 February 2005) was a Lebanese business tycoon and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from ...

's list in 2000. This was the first time an official ADL party member was being elected to the Lebanese Parliament. He was reelected in 2005Lebanese official election site about election of Hagop Kassarjian in 2005
as a member of the

Movement of the Future The Future Movement ( ar, تيار المستقبل) is a Lebanese political party affiliated with the Sunni sect. The party was founded as a coalition in 1995 led by Rafic Hariri but was officially founded in 2007. The party is led by Saad Harir ...

(

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: تيار المستقبل, ''Tayyar Al Mustaqbal'') headed by

Saad Hariri Saad El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri ( ar, سعد الدين رفيق الحريري, translit=Saʿd ad-Dīn Rafīq al-Ḥarīrī; born 18 April 1970) is a Lebanese-Saudi politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon from 2009 to 2011 and 2016 ...

. Kassarjian was also head of the Parliamentary commission on the Displaced.

References

1946 births Living people Politicians from Beirut Lebanese people of Armenian descent Members of the Parliament of Lebanon Armenian Democratic Liberal Party politicians Future Movement politicians {{Lebanon-politician-stub