Elie Mahfoud | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Lebanese |
Education | Political sciences, Lebanese University |
Political party | Change Movement (حركة التغـيير), March 14 Alliance, Lebanese Forces. |
Elie Mahfoud ( Arabic: ايلي محفوض, born 14 March 1968 [1] [2] in Beirut) is a Lebanese lawyer, [3] author, politician, MP, [4] head of the Change Movement (حركة التغـيير) [5] [6] [7] and a member of the secretary-general of the 14 March alliance [4] which he belongs to since October 2006, [8] before which he used to be an FPM official [9] since 1987. [8] He is close to the Lebanese Forces. [10] [11]
He was born in Beirut on 14 March 1968, to a Christian family from the town of Andaket in Akkar, North Lebanon. He is married to Maria Abu Shakra and they have two sons, Michel and Marc. [12] [13]
He grew up with his family in Furn El Chebbak. He received his primary education at the Frère College, [12] and then moved to the Mont La Salle College in Ain Saadeh, [12] he then joined the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the Lebanese University and obtained a Bachelor of Laws, [12] then joined in 1993 the Beirut Bar Association as a graduated lawyer in Reda Al-Khazen's office. [12]
He was mentored by Said Akl and in 1985 founded the Change Movement, [14] [3] [15] which registered as a Lebanese party on 29 December 2010. [16] Mahfoud belongs to the Maronite politics and considers the Lebanese Forces and its leader Samir Geagea the closest to him, [17] also opposes the Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement. [18]
During the civil war period from 1986 to 1989, he volunteered in the Red Cross as a paramedic. [19] He participated rescue operations in military battles of Jbaa and Jarjoa, which It was between Hezbollah and the Amal Movement. [20]
He has published hundreds of articles in many Lebanese newspapers, and has thousands of positions, statements, statements, television and radio interviews and in the written press. He also published a number of political books like: "We and the Cause", "From the Phoenicians to the Aounists", [21] "Otherwise Lebanon Would End", "The Deception of theCentury", [22] "With Thirty pieces of Silver". [23] [24]
Elie Mahfoud | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Lebanese |
Education | Political sciences, Lebanese University |
Political party | Change Movement (حركة التغـيير), March 14 Alliance, Lebanese Forces. |
Elie Mahfoud ( Arabic: ايلي محفوض, born 14 March 1968 [1] [2] in Beirut) is a Lebanese lawyer, [3] author, politician, MP, [4] head of the Change Movement (حركة التغـيير) [5] [6] [7] and a member of the secretary-general of the 14 March alliance [4] which he belongs to since October 2006, [8] before which he used to be an FPM official [9] since 1987. [8] He is close to the Lebanese Forces. [10] [11]
He was born in Beirut on 14 March 1968, to a Christian family from the town of Andaket in Akkar, North Lebanon. He is married to Maria Abu Shakra and they have two sons, Michel and Marc. [12] [13]
He grew up with his family in Furn El Chebbak. He received his primary education at the Frère College, [12] and then moved to the Mont La Salle College in Ain Saadeh, [12] he then joined the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the Lebanese University and obtained a Bachelor of Laws, [12] then joined in 1993 the Beirut Bar Association as a graduated lawyer in Reda Al-Khazen's office. [12]
He was mentored by Said Akl and in 1985 founded the Change Movement, [14] [3] [15] which registered as a Lebanese party on 29 December 2010. [16] Mahfoud belongs to the Maronite politics and considers the Lebanese Forces and its leader Samir Geagea the closest to him, [17] also opposes the Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement. [18]
During the civil war period from 1986 to 1989, he volunteered in the Red Cross as a paramedic. [19] He participated rescue operations in military battles of Jbaa and Jarjoa, which It was between Hezbollah and the Amal Movement. [20]
He has published hundreds of articles in many Lebanese newspapers, and has thousands of positions, statements, statements, television and radio interviews and in the written press. He also published a number of political books like: "We and the Cause", "From the Phoenicians to the Aounists", [21] "Otherwise Lebanon Would End", "The Deception of theCentury", [22] "With Thirty pieces of Silver". [23] [24]