Manal Abdel Samad
Manal Abdel Samad (Arabic: منال عبد الصمد; 28 March 1975[1]) is a Lebanese politician and a former Minister of Information in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Hassan Diab.
Manal Abdel Samad | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Information | |
| In office 21 January 2020 – 9 August 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Hassan Diab |
| Preceded by | Jamal Al-Jarrah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 March 1975 Ammatour, Lebanon |
| Political party | Lebanese Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne |
Education
From 2004 to 2009 she studied fiscal laws at the American University of Beirut, from where she received an MBA.[2] She followed up on her studies and from 2010 and 2014 at the Sorbonne University in Paris, where she obtained a Ph.D.[2]
Professional career
In 1997, she began to serve in the Lebanese Ministry of Finance,[3] where she was involved in implementation of a Value-added Tax (VAT) in Lebanon. Later she became the Head of the Department of Tax Legislation and Policy at the Directorate of VAT.[4] She was a lecturer at both the Saint Joseph University and also the American University in Beirut.[2]
In January 2020, she became the Minister of Information, after being proposed by the Lebanese Democratic Party (LDP) as its candidate.[3] She resigned on the 9 August 2020, following the explosions in the port of Beirut.[5]
References
- "Abdel Samad, Manal (1975-....)". IdRef. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- Libnanews, Newsdesk. "Qui est Manal Abdel Samad, la nouvelle ministre de l'information?". libnanews.com (in French). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- "Who is in the new Lebanese government?". The National. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- "Vers une nouvelle gouvernance fiscale". fr.linkedin.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- France-Presse, Agence (9 August 2020). "Lebanon information minister quits in first cabinet resignation since blast". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2020.