Abdul Rahim Mrad

Abdul Rahim Mourad (Arabic: عبد الرحيم مراد) is a Lebanese Sunni politician.[1] He was born in 1942.[1] A former minister, he is the founder of the Lebanese International University (in 2001).[1][2] He is the leader of the Union Party.[3]

He studied Business Administration and Law.[4] Mourad lived in São Paulo, Brazil[5] for five years

Mourad was inducted to parliament in 1990, replacing Nazem Qadri.[4] He was elected to parliament in the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2018 elections.[1] He served in a number of ministerial positions: Minister for Professional Education and Technical Training in 1994, Education and Higher Learning in 2000, Minister of State in 2003 and Minister of Defense in 2004.[1] He stood as the March 8 Alliance candidate for a Sunni seat in West Bekaa-Rachaya in the 2009 Lebanese general election, obtaining 29,095 votes (45.1%).[6]

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