Bahij Tabbara

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Bahij Tabbara
Minister of Justice
In office
2003–2004

Bahij Tabbara (born 1929) is a Lebanese jurist and politician who held various cabinet posts and was a member the parliament of Lebanon. He was among the close allies of Rafik Hariri.

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Early life and education

Tabbara was born in Beirut in 1929. [1] [2] He received a degree in law from Saint Joseph University in Beirut and a PhD in law from the University of Grenoble in France. [2]

Career

Following his graduation Tabbara began to work as a lawyer from 1954. [1] He was also the private lawyer and legal adviser of future Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. [3] [4] He taught at Lebanese University and Saint Joseph University in Beirut. [1]

Between April and June 1973, Tabbara was the minister of economy and commerce in the cabinet led by the prime minister, Amin Al Hafez. [5] The appointment of Tabbara and another Sunni Zakariya Nsouli caused controversy in the general public and they were forced to resign. [5] They both resigned from the office together with Al Hafez. [5] Tabbara was involved in drafting the election law of Lebanon in the 1990s. [6] On 31 October 1992, he was named as the minister of justice in the first cabinet of Rafik Hariri. [7] Tabbara held the post in the subsequent cabinets of Hariri until December 1998. [2] He was the minister of state for administrative reform between 2001 and 2003. [2] He was again appointed minister of justice in 2003 [8] and held the post for one year. [2]

In 2005, Tabbara was elected to parliament from the Future Movement. [1] The same year, after the assassination of Rafic Hariri, he was cited as one of the potential candidates for the premiership. [9] In May 2019, he was also proposed as the prime minister following the resignation of the Lebanese government led by Saad Hariri, but he declined the offer. [10]

In addition to his academic and political activities Tabbara was one of the shareholders of the companies, mostly real estate companies, owned by Rafik Hariri. [3] [11]

Personal life and work

Tabbara married Hoda Kyriakos Saad, a lawyer, and they have three children. [1] [2] He is the author of several books and articles on legal topics. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Who's Who in Lebanon 2007-2008 (19th ed.). Beirut: Publitec Publications. 2007. pp. 328–329. doi:10.1515/9783110945904.328. ISBN   9783110945904.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dr. Bahij Tabbara". OMSAR. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 Reinoud Leenders (2004). "Nobody Having too much to Answer for: Laissez-faire, networks, and postwar reconstruction in Lebanon". In Steven Heydemann (ed.). Networks of Privilege in the Middle East: The Politics of Economic Reform Revisited. New York; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 197. ISBN   978-1-4039-8214-8.
  4. ↑ Hannes Baumann (2012). Citizen Hariri and neoliberal politics in postwar Lebanon (PhD thesis). SOAS, University of London. p. 125. doi:10.25501/SOAS.00014240.
  5. 1 2 3 "The Government of Amin Al-Hafez: Confidence Session Not Convened". The Monthly. 9 April 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Lebanese Women Seek Stronger Representation in Parliament". PeaceWomen. Peace Women. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2022. Reporting from Al Shorfa
  7. ↑ Ward Vloeberghs (2015). Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon. Rafiq Hariri and the politics of sacred space in Beirut. Vol. 114. Leiden; Boston: Brill. pp. 381–382. doi:10.1163/9789004307056_010. ISBN   9789004307056.
  8. ↑ "30-minister government formed in Lebanon". KUNA. 17 April 2003. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Parliament re-elects pro-Syrian Nabih Berri as speaker". Associated Press. 28 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  10. ↑ Farah Al Faraj (12 May 2019). "Samir Al-Khatib likely to take over Lebanese gov't". KUNA. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Hisham Ashkar (2018). "The role of laws and regulations in shaping gentrification. The view from Beirut". City. 22 (3): 349. Bibcode:2018City...22..341A. doi:10.1080/13604813.2018.1484641. S2CID   149478478.
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