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Omar Miskawi

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Omar Miskawi
Minister of Transport
In office
1996–1998
Prime MinisterRafic Hariri
State Minister for Transport
In office
1992–1996
Prime MinisterRafic Hariri
Personal details
Born
Omar Kamel Miskawi

1935 (age 88–89)
Tripoli, Lebanon
Children3
Alma mater

Omar Miskawi (born 1935) is a Lebanese lawyer and politician who was a member of the Lebanese Parliament. He served as the minister of state for transport and then minister of transport from 1992 to 1998. He is a long-term deputy head of the Higher Islamic Council.

Early life and education

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Miskawi was born in Tripoli in 1935.[1] He graduated from Cairo University receiving a degree in law in 1961.[1] He also graduated from Al-Azhar University.[1]

Career

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Miskawi started his career as a lawyer in Tripoli in 1961.[1] He was a member of the municipality of Tripoli. He became a member of the Higher Council of Islamic Sharia in 1964. He was elected a member of the Parliament from Tripoli in the 1992 elections.[1] He won his seat again in the 1996 elections.[2]

Miskawi was appointed state minister for transport to the first cabinet of Rafic Hariri in 1992.[3][4] He was named as the minister of transport in 1996 in the third cabinet led by Hariri.[5] Miskawi's term ended in 1998.[1]

Miskawi is the deputy head of the Higher Islamic Council.[6]

Personal life

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Miskawi is married to Mona Abdulghani Oubar, and they have three daughters.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "M". Who's Who in Lebanon (19th ed.). Beirut: Publitec Publications. 2007. p. 240. doi:10.1515/9783110945904.218. ISBN 978-3-598-07734-0.
  2. ^ Samir Kadi (28 August 1998). "Northern Lebanon newcomers win seats". United Press International. Beirut. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Hariri breaks new ground in cabinet appointments". MEED. Vol. 36, no. 45. 13 November 1992. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  5. ^ Dalal Saoud (8 November 1996). "Lebanon PM forms a new Cabinet". United Press International. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Miskawi lobbies against Islamic Council elections". The Daily Star. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2023 – via Free Library.