Shakib Qortbawi (born 1945) is a Lebanese businessman and politician. He served as the minister of justice between June 2011 and February 2014.
Qortbawi was born in 1945 into a Maronite family. [1] [2] He received a bachelor's degree in law from Saint Joseph University in 1967. [3]
Qortbawi was the president of Beirut bar association from 1995 to 1997. [3] Then he began to serve as a member of the legal commission to the Lebanese cabinet and legal commission for the modernization and unification of laws at the ministry of justice. [1] His tenure lasted from 2001 to 2004. In April 2001,he cofounded the Qornet Shehwan Gathering together with nearly thirty Christian politicians. [4] However,after the general elections held in 2000,he left the bloc. [4] He was a member of the national committee of the civil center for national initiative,which was founded by Lebanese politicians and intellectuals in July 2007. [5]
On 13 June 2011,he was appointed minister of justice to Najib Mikati's cabinet. [6] [7] [8] Qortbawi succeeded Ibrahim Najjar as justice minister. [9] Qortbawi was part of the change and reform bloc and the March 8 coalition within the cabinet. [2] [10] And he is a member of the Free Patriotic Movement,headed by Michel Aoun. [11]
Qortbawi's term as justice minister ended on 15 February 2014 when Ashraf Rifi succeeded him in the post. [12]
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