Personal details
- Date and place of birth: 1953 – Ma’aroub (Tyre), Lebanon
Education
- BA, Mathematics, Lebanese University (Faculty of Sciences)
- BA, Political Science, Lebanese University (Faculty of Law and Political Science)
Career highlights
- Participated in confrontation of the Israeli invasion of Beirut
- Detained by Israeli occupation forces — 26 Nov 1984 (Ansar and prisons in the occupied Palestinian territories)
- Joined Hezbollah during its early formation and held multiple responsibilities, including President of the Political Bureau
- Elected Member of Parliament | 1992 – 2022
- Minister of Labor | 2008 – 2009
- Minister of Energy, | 2005 – 2008
- Worked with Islamic committees in South Lebanon and the southern suburbs | 1970s