Ayyoub Homayed, Minister of Energy and Water
 Place and Date of Birth:
Born in Beit Leif (Bint Jbeil), south Lebanon, in 1954; Son of Fahed Homyed.
Sect: Shiite.
Marital status: Married to Nouhad El Husseini, with two children Farah
and Amal.
Education: License in Arabic
Literature, Lebanese University (1982).
Background: Joined Amal Movement since its
foundationin 1973, and was placed in charge of the Movement's activities in South Lebanon;
Head of Amal Movement's Educational Bureau in Beirut in 1979; Amal Movement's chief
organizer in Beirut; General Director of the Ministry of Information (1985); Amal
Movement's Executive Council President following the assassination of Daoud Daoud in 1987.
Amal Movement's Vice President.
Political Career: Elected deputy for Bint
Jbeil, South Lebanon, in 1992. Reelected in 1996 and 2000. Appointed Minisiter of Social
Affairs in Rafic Hariri's third government (November 7, 1996 to December 3, 1998).
Appointed minister of Energy and Water in Hariri's fifth cabinet (April 17,
2003-). Member of the Resistance and Development Bloc of House Speaker Nabih Berri.
Current Political Status: Minister of
Energey and Water, Parliament Member.
Contact Information: Chamber of Deputies, Place de L'Etoile, Parliament
Building, Beirut, Lebanon.Tel:
Residence: 01- 855511, 01- 840744; Office: 01-377751, 01-377761.
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