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Akram Chehayeb | |
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أكرم شهيب | |
![]() Chehayeb in 2019 | |
Minister of Education and Higher Learning | |
In office 1 February 2019 –21 January 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Saad Hariri |
Preceded by | Marwan Hamadeh |
Succeeded by | Tarek Majzoub |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 15 February 2014 –18 December 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Tammam Salam |
Minister of Displaced | |
In office 9 November 2009 –13 June 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Saad Hariri |
Preceded by | Raymond Audi |
Succeeded by | Alaaeddine Terro |
Minister of Environment | |
In office 20 February 1996 –29 November 1998 | |
Prime Minister | Rafic Hariri |
Personal details | |
Born | Aley,Lebanon | 17 October 1947
Political party | Progressive Socialist Party |
Spouse | Salma J.Chehayeb |
Residence | Aley |
Alma mater | Arab University of Beirut Cairo University Lebanese University |
Akram Hussein Chehayeb (Arabic :أكرمشهيب;born 17 October 1947) is a Lebanese Druze politician who is a member of the Progressive Socialist Party headed by Walid Jumblatt. Cheheyab is a long-term member of the parliament and has also served in different cabinet and parliamentary posts.
Chehayeb was born in Aley on 17 October 1947. [1] He received a bachelor's degree in biology from the Arab University of Beirut and a master's degree in history from Cairo University in 1982. [2]
Chehayeb was a supporter of the Baath party and Saddam Hussein during his youth. [3] Then he became a member of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in 1979. [3] He worked as a history professor at Lebanese University in Aley. [3] In 1984,he became office manager of Jumblatt. [3] From 1985 to 1991 he served as the director of the PSP in Damascus. [1] In 1992,he won the election,being a representative for Beirut. In the 1996 elections,Chehayeb won the Druze seat in Aley. [3] Chahayeb served as minister of environment from 1996 to 1998. [1] [4] He also won the same seat in the general elections of 2000. [5] From 2005 to 2009 he was the head of Lebanese environment committee. [1] In 2009,he was appointed minister of displaced to the cabinet headed by then prime minister Saad Hariri,replacing Raymond Audi. [6] Chehayeb's tenure ended in 2011,and he was succeeded by Alaaeddine Terro as minister. [7]
Chehayeb also won Druze seat in Aley in the 2009 general election, [8] and is part of the National Struggle Front bloc,which is under the control of Walid Jumblatt. [9]
In February 2013 Akram Chehayeb became part of Tammam Salam's government as minister of agriculture. [10] His term ended on 18 December 2016 when a new government led by Saad Hariri was formed.
Chehayeb is married to Salma Jurdi Chehayeb and has four children. [1]