Dr. Hassan Chalak

Government: Prime Minister Salim El Hoss
Assignment Period: 04 Dec 1998 - 26 Oct 2000

Personal details

  • Place and date of birth: 15 May 1934 – Ajdebrine (Koura), Lebanon

Experience

  • President of the Civil Service Board | 1992
  • Director General of Legal Affairs, Presidency of the Republic
  • Head of the Department of Surveillance and Studies, Civil Service Board | 1970 – 1992
  • Chief Supervisor, Civil Service Board | 1970
  • Supervisor, Civil Service Board | 1963 – 1970

Education

  • PhD, Public Law
  • Diploma, Private Law, Lebanese University | 1978
  • Diploma, Public Law, Lebanese University | 1977
  • Training course for promotion to 2nd category at the National Institute for Administration and Development, Civil Service Board | 1968
  • Specialization course with the Civil Service in the United States | 1967
  • BA, Lebanese Law, Lebanese University | 1962
  • BA, Law, Cairo University | 1962

Writings

  • Conferences about social and political institutions in a modern state.
  • The Lebanese administration: past, present, and future.
  • A paper about the Civil Service Board.
  • A paper about public agencies in Lebanon.
  • He participated in studies concerning the public service within a common program between the American University of Beirut and Harvard University, Kennedy School of government.

Teaching

  • Lebanese University, course taught: “Public Administration” and “Social and Political Institutions in a Modern State” | 1978 – Present
  • Judicial Studies Institute, course taught : « Public Administrative Law”
  • American University of Beirut, course taught: “Administrative Law”
  • Arab University, civil service component within “Administrative Law”

Conferences and workshops

  • Workshop on administrative reform, British Council, Albermarston, United Kingdom | 24 Jan 1996 – 29 Jan 1996
  • Workshop on institutional challenges approaching the 21st century, E.D.I., Washington, USA | Apr 1996
  • Workshop for evaluation of activities, E.D.I., Washington, USA | Mar 1995
  • Conference on administrative reform, E.D.I. (World Bank affiliate), Cairo | Dec 1994
  • Conference on administrative reform, UNDP, Barcelona | Apr 1994
  • Conference on public agencies and their role in Lebanon, American University of Beirut | Apr 1993
  • Workshop, American University of Beirut; presentation titled “Role of the Administration in the Reconstruction and Development of Lebanon” | 31 May 1991
  • Conference on civil service, Baghdad | 1981
  • Conference on civil service, Syria | 1979
Dr. Hassan Chalak