Lebanon Politics People

Hezbollah - or the Party of God - is a powerful political and military organisation in Lebanon made up mainly of Shia Muslims. It emerged with financial backing from Iran in the early 1980s and began a struggle to drive...

Profile: Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hezbollah - or Party of God - has re-positioned the Shia organisation as a major player in Lebanese politics. Viewed by many Israelis as a terrorist and religious fanatic, Sheikh Nasrallah...

Rafic Baha El Deen Al-Hariri (November 1, 1944 – February 14, 2005, Arabic: رفيق بهاء الدين الحريري‎), was a business tycoon and the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation, 20 October...

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General Émile Jamil Lahoud (Arabic: اميل لحود‎; born January 12, 1936) is a former President of Lebanon. He is the son of General Jamil Lahoud, a leader in the independence movement. His mother is of Armenian descent from the Armenian...

Najib A. Mikati, the Prime Minister-designate of Lebanon, is member of the Lebanese Parliament representing the district of Tripoli, North Lebanon. He began his political career in 1998 as the Minister of Public Works and Transport, and remained in post...

Ghassan Bin Jiddo is Tunisian journalist and activist. To note that his name is also written as Ghassan Ben Jeddo, Ghassan Ben Jeddou, or even Ghassan Bin Jedo. Ghassan Bin Jiddo is born to a Tunisian father and a christian...