Marwan Hamadeh
| Marwan Hamadeh | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Education and Higher Education | |
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Assumed office 18 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Saad Hariri |
| Preceded by | Elias Bou Saab |
| Minister of Telecommunications | |
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In office 19 July 2005 – 11 July 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Fouad Siniora |
| Preceded by | Alan Tabourian |
| Succeeded by | Gebran Bassil |
| Minister of Economy and Trade | |
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In office 2003 – September 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Rafik Hariri |
| Preceded by | Bassel Fleihan |
| Succeeded by |
Fouad Siniora (acting) Adnan Kassar |
| Minister for the Displaced | |
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In office October 2000 – 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Rafik Hariri |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 September 1939 Baakleen, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Spouse(s) | Vanda Barakat |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives |
Nadia Tueni (sister) Gebran Tueni (nephew) |
| Alma mater | Saint Joseph University |
Marwan Mohammad Ali Hamadé (Arabic: مروان محمد علي حمادة) (born 11 September 1939) is a Lebanese journalist and politician, the current minister of education, who served in various capacities in different cabinets, including minister of telecommunications, minister of economy and trade, minister of tourism, minister of health and minister for the displaced.
Hamadé was born into a Druze family in Baakleen, Chouf district, on 11 September 1939. His sister, Nadia Tueni, a notable author and French poet, was married to Ghassan Tueni, former UN ambassador and senior editor of the Lebanese daily, An Nahar. Their son, and Hamadeh's nephew, Gebran Tueni, was assassinated in a car bombing in Beirut in December 2005.
Hamadé holds a law degree, which he earned from Saint Joseph University in 1963. He received a PhD in economy from the same university.
Hamadé started his career as an economic and political editor for An Nahar, L'Orient le Jour and Le Point in 1964 and continued to work for these papers until 1975. He was appointed tourism minister in 1982 and his term lasted for two years. He served as economy minister in the cabinet led by then prime minister Omar Karami, replacing Nazih Al Bizri. Hamadé's term lasted from 24 December 1990 to 15 May 1992, and he was succeeded by Samir Makdasi. From 1992 to 1996 he served as minister of health and social affairs. In the general elections of 1996 he won a seat from Chouf.
In October 2000, Hamadeh was appointed minister for the displaced to the cabinet led by then prime minister Rafik Hariri. Then he was appointed economy minister in cabinet rehuffle in 2003, replacing Bassel Fleihan. He was one of three ministers in the cabinet, who were members of the Progressive Socialist Party led by Walid Jumblatt. During this period, Hamadé was one of the close advisors to Jumblatt.
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