Michel Moawad
| Michel Moawad ميشال معوض |
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| Founder and President of the Independence Movement political party | |
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Assumed office 2005 |
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4 June 1972 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Political party | Independence Movement |
| Parents | René Moawad and Nayla Moawad |
Michel Moawad (Arabic:ميشال معوض) is a Lebanese political activist, the founder and president of the Independence Movement political party, and member of the March 14 Alliance leadership.
Moawad was an active participant of the 2005 Cedar Revolution as well as key precursor movements, including the Qornet Shehwan Gathering and Bristol Gathering.
He is the son of former Lebanese President René Moawad, who was assassinated on November 22, 1989.
Moawad is involved in a range of civic and social initiatives to stimulate Lebanese youth and ameliorate the conditions of underprivileged populations in the country. He is also founding member and the executive director of the René Moawad Foundation.
Moawad was born on June 4, 1972 in Lebanon. He comes from a notable Maronite family from Zgharta in northern Lebanon.
Moawad attended the school at the College Notre-Dame de Jamhour in Lebanon, graduating from the French Baccalaureate program with honors in 1990.
He completed his higher education in France, attending the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) and obtaining a master’s degree in public law at Sorbonne University.
Moawad is the founder and president of the Independence Movement, launched in 2005.
The Independence Movement began as a grassroots initiative as part of the Cedar Revolution, before it evolved into a structured political organization that aims to defend Lebanese sovereignty, independence, democracy, state institutions, and liberties.
The movement equally advocates human and economic sustainable development, modernization of state institutions, reinforcement of governmental transparency and accountability, as well as civic engagement and participation in public life.
Moawad was actively involved in several key movements that paved the way towards the Cedar Revolution. He was a founding member of the Qornet Shehwan Gathering. This political opposition grouping formed in 2001 was the primary opposition force to Syrian hegemony in Lebanon affiliated with the Maronite Church, advocating Syrian withdrawal, full Lebanese independence and sovereignty, as well as the implementation of the Taif Accord of 1989.
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