Ali Al Shami

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Ali Al Shami
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
In office
9 November 2009 –13 June 2011
Succeeded by Adnan Mansour
Personal details
Born (1945-04-21) 21 April 1945 (age 79)
Jarjouh, Lebanon
Political party Amal movement
Alma mater

Ali Al Shami (born 1945) is a Shia Lebanese academic and a member of the Amal movement. He was Lebanon's minister of foreign affairs and emigrants from 2009 to 2011.

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Early life and education

Shami was born into a Shiite family in 1945. [1] He received a bachelor's degree in political science from Lebanese University in 1970 and a diploma again in political science from the University of Grenoble in 1971 as well as a PhD in political science from the same university in 1978.[ citation needed ]

Career

Shami is a retired university professor. [2]

Shami was part of the committee in charge of writing a program for action of the government led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri in November 2009.[ citation needed ] He was appointed minister of foreign affairs and emigrants to the cabinet led by Hariri on 9 November 2009. [3] [4] He was named to this post by the Amal leader and Hezbollah ally Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. [3] He succeeded Fawzi Salloukh as foreign minister. [5] In the cabinet, Shami was part of opposition and a member of the Amal Movement [6] and one of the five Shiite members in the cabinet. [7] Shami's tenure ended in June 2011, and he was replaced by Adnan Mansour in the post. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Foreign ministers of Lebanon". Rulers. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Hariri forms unity govt". Saudi Gazette . Beirut. 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  3. 1 2 Nadim Ladki (9 November 2009). "Lebanon's Hariri forms unity government with Hezbollah". Reuters . Beirut. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Lebanon's unity government". Al Jazeera . 9 November 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Massoud A. Derhally (10 November 2009). "Lebanon's Hariri Confirmed Unity Prime Minister". Bloomberg. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Lebanon's Cabinet Lineup". Qifa Nabki. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Al Hayat predicts new cabinet lineup". NOW Lebanon. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  8. ↑ Hussein Dakroub (14 June 2011). "New Cabinet, old realities". The Daily Star . Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
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