Hussein Hajj Hassan ( ar, حسين الحاج حسن; born 1960) is a Lebanese

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and minister of industry.

Early life and education

Hajj Hassan was born into a

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family in the

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in 1960. He holds a PhD in molecular biophysical chemistry, which he received from the

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in 1987.

Political career and views

Hajj Hassan is a member of the Lebanese

party

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. He ran on the latter's electoral list in Lebanon's 1996 general election and was elected MP of the

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. In May 1998, he argued that although Islamic state is an ideal solution, Hezbollah is aware of its inapplicability in Lebanon. He was reelected in the

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and

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polls. In 2009, he was among Hezbollah's 11 members of parliament. In June 2009, he met with the then

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foreign policy chief

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in Beirut, representing Hezbollah. From 2000 to 2005 he led the parliamentary commission on agriculture and tourism. He is part of the "Loyalty to the Resistance", an opposition parliamentary bloc. He was named on 9 November 2009 minister of agriculture in

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. In January 2011, he and other two ministers,

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and Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh, resigned from the cabinet, leading to the collapse of Hariri government. He was appointed to

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's cabinet again as a minister of agriculture in June 2011.

Early life and education

Political career and views

References

See also