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Prominent Lebanese | Fawzi Salloukh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
Fawzi Salloukh, Minister of
Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
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& Place of Birth: Born in al-Qumatiyya, Aley, Lebanon, in 1931.
Sect: Shiite.
Marital Status: Married to Hind Basma, and has three children: Zeina,
Hashem and Bassel.
Educational Background: Received his elementary education at the Nahda
School of the Aleppo Basilite Monastic Order at Bmakin, and his secondary education at the
National University in Aley from which he graduated in 1950. Graduated in 1954 with a
Bachelors degree in Political Science from the American University of Beirut.
Professional background: Taught history and geography at the Lebanese
College in Souq-AlGharb in 1955-1957. Worked as director of public relations at the
Franklin Corporation for printing and Publishing, Beirut branch, from 1957 to 1960.
Career: |
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Joined the Lebanese Foreign Service in 1960 |
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Charge d'Affaires in Liberia: 1962-1964 |
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Head of Mission in Sierra Leone: 1964-1971 |
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Rotated in Various departments at the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Beirut: 1971-1978 |
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Ambassador to Nigeria: 1978-1985 |
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Ambassador to Algeria: 1985-1987 |
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Director of Economic Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in Beirut: 1987-1990 |
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Ambassador to Austria, Representative of
Lebanon to the United Nations in Vienna, and Lebanon's Representative at the International
Atomic Energy Agency (LAEA): 1990-1994 |
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Ambassador to Belgium, Lebanon's
Representative at the E.U., and non-resident Ambassador to Luxembourg: 1994-1995 |
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Political advisor to Imam Muhammad Mahdi Shams
El-Din, President of the Higher Islamic Shi'a Council, and to Mr. Adel Osayran, former
speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, during the deliberations held by the Committee of six
to resolve the Lebanese civil war. |
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Secretary-General of the Islamic University of
Lebanon since 1998. |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
2005. |
Political Background: Appointed Minister
of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in Fouad Siniora's cabinet on July 19, 2005
Current Political Status: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants.
Medals an Decorations: Recipient of a number of medals and decorations.
Books in Arabic: |
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The Lebanese Reality: Isues and Perpectives
(1999) |
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The Rational and International Reality (1999) |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
2005.International Transportation under Globalization (2001) |
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The Americanization of the World Order: Perils
and Consequences (2202) |
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