Marie-Claude Najm

Marie-Claude Najm (Arabic: ماري كلود نجم‎; born 6 April 1971 in Beirut) is a Lebanese professor, politician and the Minister of Justice of Lebanon.

Marie-Claude Najm
ماري كلود نجم
Minister of Justice
Assumed office
21 January 2020
PresidentMichel Aoun
Prime MinisterHassan Diab
Preceded byAlbert Serhan
Personal details
Born (1971-04-06) 6 April 1971
Beirut, Lebanon
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)Daniel Kobeh
Children1
MotherMona El Boustani
FatherSelim Najm
Alma mater
ProfessionLawyer, politician

Education

Marie-Claude Najm studied law at the Saint Joseph University in Beirut and continued her studies at the University Panthéon-Sorbonne from where she also graduated.[1]

Academic career

Marie-Claude Najm taught at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the Saint Joseph University in Beirut[1] and also in France, where she was a visiting professor at the University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) and the University Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I).[1] She is closely related to the Saint Joseph University, where she is also the director of the Center for Rights Studies of the Arab world (CEDROMA).[2]

Her publications focus on conflicts of laws and jurisdictions. In 2007 she was a founding member of the “Khalass!", which aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the political deadlock at the time.[1] She was a supporter of the protests in 2019–2020, again a founding member of a civil protest movement and taught law in the revolutionary tents of the Martyrs' Square in Beirut.[3]

Political career

In January 2020, Najm became the Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Hassan Diab.[4]

Shortly after the 2020 Beirut explosions, on 10 August 2020, Najm announced her resignation from the government.[5] Najm was the third cabinet minister to step down after the explosions.[5] Her resignation sparked that of the Diab government within hours. Her final act in Diab's government was to commission the Supreme Council of Lebanon, which is the country's top judicial body, to investigate the causes of the disaster, and thereby relieved the public prosecutor Ghassan El Khoury of the task. She continues to serve as caretaker minister.[6][7][8]

Personal life

She is married to Daniel Kobeh. The couple has a daughter.[1]

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References
  1. "Qui est Marie Claude Najm, la nouvelle ministre de la Justice?". libnanews.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  2. "Site de l'Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth - USJ". www.usj.edu.lb. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  3. Naji, Rafaela (29 January 2020). "The New Justice Minister Of Lebanon Is Actually Pro-Revolution". The961. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  4. "Lebanon unveils new government headed by Hassan Diab". Al Arabiya English. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  5. Allahoum, Ted Regencia, Linah Alsaafin, Ramy. "'Endemic corruption' caused Beirut blast, says Diab: Live updates". www.aljazeera.com.
  6. Mroue, Bassem (10 August 2020). "Lebanon's government resigns amid widespread public anger over Beirut explosion". The Globe and Mail Inc. The Associated Press.
  7. Rizk, Sybille (10 August 2020). "Liban : le premier ministre annonce la démission du gouvernement" (in French). Le Figaro.
  8. "Lebanese government resigns as explosion fallout continues". CBC. Thomson Reuters. 10 August 2020.
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