Nabih Berri
| Nabih Berri نبيه بري |
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| Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon | |
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Assumed office 20 October 1992 |
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| President |
Elias Hrawi Émile Lahoud Michel Sleiman Michel Aoun |
| Preceded by | Hussein el-Husseini |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 January 1938 Bo, Sierra Leone |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Political party | Amal Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Randa Berri |
| Religion | Twelver Shia Islam |
| Website | www.nabihberry.com |
Nabih Berri (Arabic: نبيه بري; born 28 January 1938) is a Lebanese politician who has been the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon since 1992. He heads the Amal Movement.
He was born in Bo, Sierra Leone to Lebanese Shia parents on 28 January 1938.
Berri went to school in Tebnine and Ain Ebel in southern Lebanon, then continued his education in Bint Jbeil and Jaafariya supplementary schools in southern Lebanon and later studied at the Makassed and the Ecole de la Sagesse in Beirut. He graduated with a Law degree from the Lebanese University in 1963, where he had served as the student body president, and became a lawyer at the Court of Appeals.
During 1963, Berri was elected as president of the National Union of Lebanese Students, and participated to student and political conferences. During his early career he became a lawyer at the Court of Appeals. In the early 1970s, Berri worked in Beirut as a lawyer for several companies.
In 1980, Berri was elected leader of the Amal Movement, and led the resistance against the Israeli army especially in the south of Lebanon and Beqaa and the most famous battle was the battle of khalde in 1982
He was the key player of the Intifada of 6 February 1984 with his ally Walid Jumblatt leader of the Progressive Socialist Party against the Lebanese sectarian government of Amin Gemayel, where officers and soldiers were called to defect from the Lebanese Army and made ground for the Taif agreement that ended the civil war .
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