Walid Daouk (
Arabic
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: وليد الداعوق; born 1958) is a
Lebanese lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as information minister between June 2011 and February 2014.
Early life and education
Daouk was born into a Sunni family,
the Daouk Family
The Daouk family (), originally the family can trace its roots back to al-Andalus or Andalusia, before the Reconquista took place. ( ''Daaqa'', meaning "to induce"),] also transliterated as (Daouk, Al Daouk and Daooq) is a prominent Ras Beirut, B ...
, in 1958.
[ He received a bachelor's degree in Lebanese law from Saint Joseph University.][ He also obtained a master's degree in French law from the same university.
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Career
Daouk is a board member of various companies.[ He was appointed information minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister ]Najib Mikati
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in July 2011. Daouk was an independent member of the cabinet and was appointed to the post by Mikati.world association of newspapers and news publishers
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as a threat for online freedoms. He was also the government commissioner at the Beirut stock exchange.[
Daouk's term as information minister ended on 15 February 2014, and Ramzi Joreig succeeded him in the post.]
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20th-century Lebanese businesspeople
21st-century Lebanese businesspeople
1958 births
Information ministers of Lebanon
Lebanese Sunni Muslims
Living people
Saint Joseph University alumni
Independent politicians in Lebanon
20th-century Lebanese lawyers
21st-century Lebanese lawyers