Marie-Claude Najm

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Marie-Claude Najm (born April 6, 1971 ) is a Lebanese lawyer , university professor and politician. From January to August 2020 she is Minister of Justice in the Diab cabinet .

Life

Marie-Claude Najm studied at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the USH; there she obtained a Bachelor of Law and a doctorate in international law from the University of Paris Pantheon (ASSAS). Najem is the niece of Naji Boustani , who was Minister of Culture under Omar Karamé in 2004/05 . In her professional career, she worked as a lawyer and professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut. She is also a lawyer at the Beirut Bar Association. She got involved in civil society and was a founding member of the 2007 “Khalas!” Campaign, which sought a peaceful solution to the sectarian conflict at the time. Since January 21st she has been appointed as a representative of the Maronite community , by the President and the Free Patriotic Movement , and Minister of Justice in Hassan Diab's cabinet .

On August 10, 2020, she announced her resignation after the protests following the explosion in the port of Beirut .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Who's who in Lebanon's new government. Al Arabiya, January 22, 2020, accessed January 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Qui est Marie Claude Najm, la nouvelle ministre de la Justice? LibNews, January 22, 2020, accessed on January 27, 2020 (French).
  3. ↑ Naharnet Newsdesk: New Lebanese Government Formed after 3 Months of Political Vacuum. Naharnet, January 22, 2020, accessed on January 22, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Lebanese Minister of Justice resigns. ORF, August 10, 2020, accessed on August 10, 2020 .
predecessor Office successor
Albert Serhan Justice Minister of Lebanon
January 21 to August 10, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Najm, Marie-Claude
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Najem, Marie-Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lebanese politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1971