Elie Ferzli
Elie Ferzli (Arabic: إيلي الفرزلي; born 22 November 1949 in Zahle, Lebanon) is a Lebanese and Greek Orthodox Christian politician. He served as Information Minister and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon in the early 2000s. He was succeeded by as deputy speaker Farid Makari in 2005. He expressed pro-Syrian sentiments during the Cedar Revolution.
Elie Ferzli إيلي الفرزلي | |
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| Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon | |
| In office 2018 – 31 May 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Elias Bou Saab |
| Member of the Lebanese parliament | |
| Information Minister | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 November 1949 Zahle, Lebanon |
| Occupation | Politician |
On 23 May 2018, he was reelected to parliament, and took again the seat of Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon. In 2021, he skipped the line for vaccinations against COVID-19, taking the vaccine despite not being in neither the correct age group nor the correct risk group. In May 2022, he lost his parliamentary seat despite several attempts at manipulating the results.
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