Fadi Abboud (

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: فادي عبود; born 21 March 1955) is a Lebanese politician and businessman.

Early life and education

Abboud was born into a

Maronite Christian Lebanese Maronite Christians ( ar, المسيحية المارونية في لبنان; syc, ܡܫܝܚܝ̈ܐ ܡܪ̈ܘܢܝܐ ܕܠܒܢܢ) are adherents of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, which is the largest Christian denomination in the country ...

family in Sakiyat Al Misk on 21 March 1955. He graduated from the International School of Choueifat and later studied economics at the

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Career

Abboud began his career as the chairman of General Packaging Industries in 1982. He was twice appointed the president of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists. He was also a member of the American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce and the

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. He was appointed minister of tourism in the

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 ...

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in November 2009. He was reappointed to the same post in the

Najib Mikati Najib Azmi Mikati ( ar, نجيب عزمي ميقاتي; born 24 November 1955) is a Lebanese politician and businessman, and three-time Prime Minister of Lebanon whose current term began in September 2021. He also serves as the acting President ...

in June 2011. Abboud's term ended on 15 February 2014, and Michel Pharoun was appointed tourism minister.Lebanese cabinet formed after 10-month stalemate
''Al Arabiya''. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

Alliances

Abboud is close to the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party and the

Free Patriotic Movement The Free Patriotic Movement ( ar, التيار الوطني الحر, ) is a Lebanese political party. Founded by Michel Aoun in 2005, the party is currently led by Aoun son-in-law Gebran Bassil since 2015. Ideology The Free Patriotic movemen ...

Personal life

Abboud married Sara Lilianna Saban in 1986. They have two children.

References

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