بشارة مرهج

Personal details

• Date and place of birth: 1946 – Beirut, Lebanon

Career highlights

• President, Special Olympics Association | 1997 – 2000
• Elected Member of Parliament, Beirut | 1992 – 2000
• Elected Head of the Parliamentary Committee for Human Rights | 1995 – 1996
• Elected Member of Parliamentary Committee for Finance and Budget | 1994
• President of the Lebanese delegation to the Conferences of Arab Interior Ministers in Tunis | 1993 and 1994
• Minister of Interior and Municipalities | 1992 – 1994
• Advisor for Arab Affairs to former Prime Minister Rashid Solh | 1992
• Director General, Dar Al Nadwa Association | 1989 – 1992
• President, Trustee Board of the Friends of the Disabled Association | 1978
• Co-founder, Assembly of Popular Leagues and Association | 1975
• Member, Arab National Congress
• Member, Al Manaber Advisory Council
• Member, Follow-up Committee for Support of Lebanese Detainees and Prisoners in Israeli Prisons
• Member, The Assembly for Unity
• Member, Trustee Board for One Lebanon Youth Club
• Member, Friends of the Al Houda Youth Association
• Member, AUB Alumni Club
• Teacher, Omar Bin Al Khattab High School | 1968 – 1969

Publications

• Lebanese Isolationism (in Arabic), Tajammu‘ Al-Lijan Wal-Rawabit Al-Sha‘biyyah, Beirut | 1975
• The Struggle for an Arab and Democratic Lebanon (in Arabic), Al-Mu’assasah Al-Arabiyya Lil-Dirasat Wal-Nashr, Beirut | 1974
• Numerous studies on political and economic affairs published in Lebanese and Arab journals and periodicals
• Articles published in Lebanese and Arab newspapers, including An-Nahar, As-Safir, Al-Anwar, and others