Charbel Nahas
Charbel Nahas (Arabic: شربل نحاس; born 16 August 1954) is a Lebanese politician, economist and engineer who is the General Secretary of Citizens in a State, a political party that was established in 2016 and that has as its goal to create "a civil, democratic, fair and capable state". He is widely considered to be a Lebanese progressive whose priority has been to improve living conditions for the country's disenfranchised poor.
Charbel Nahas | |
|---|---|
| Leader of Citizens in a State | |
| Assumed office 24 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Minister of Labour | |
| In office 13 June 2011 – February 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Najib Mikati |
| Preceded by | Boutros Harb |
| Succeeded by | Salim Jreissati |
| Minister of Telecommunications | |
| In office 9 November 2009 – 13 June 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Saad Hariri |
| Preceded by | Gebran Bassil |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Sehnaoui |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1954 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Political party | Citizens in a State |
| Alma mater | Ecole Polytechnique Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées |
| Website | charbelnahas |
Nahas served as labour minister in Najib Mikati's second government as one of eleven Change and Reform ministers, led by Michel Aoun. He resigned on 22 February 2012, arguing that all of his colleagues in government were preventing any effective improvement in workers' rights.
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