Ali Al Shami | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants | |
| In office 9 November 2009 –13 June 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Saad Hariri |
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| Succeeded by | Adnan Mansour |
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| Born | 21 April 1945 Jarjouh, Lebanon |
| Political party | Amal movement |
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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.
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 ]
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]
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