Assad Rizk
Assad Rizk | |
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Minister of Industry and Petroleum | |
In office 1992–1995 | |
Prime Minister | Rafic Hariri |
Minister of Oil and Industry | |
In office 20 December 1978 – 16 July 1979 | |
Prime Minister | Selim Hoss |
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour | |
In office 9 December 1976 – 16 July 1979 | |
Prime Minister | Selim Hoss |
Personal details | |
Born | Assad Toufic Rizk 23 July 1931 Beirut, Lebanon |
Died | 11 December 2020 | (aged 89)
Spouse | Colette Le Breton |
Children | 3 |
Saint Joseph University | |
Occupation | Physician |
Awards | |
Assad Rizk (1931–2020) was a Lebanese physician and politician. He taught at the
Early life and education
Rizk was born in Beirut on 23 July 1931.[1][2] He hailed from a Greek Catholic family.[3] His father, Toufic, was a surgeon.[2]
Rizk obtained a degree in medicine from the Saint Joseph University in the late 1950s and completed his medical training at a urology clinic in Paris.[2][4]
Career
Following his return to Lebanon Rizk taught courses on urology at the Saint Joseph University from the mid-1960s.[4] He retired from his teaching post in the mid-1990s.[4] Then he was named as an emeritus professor.[4] He established the Rizk Hospital which was later named as Lebanese American University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital.[4]
Cabinet posts
Rizk was named as minister of social affairs and labour and minister education on 9 December 1976 to the
Rizk was named as the minister of industry and petroleum in 1992 and served in the cabinet led by Rafic Hariri until 1995.[6] Rizk served as the minister of justice in 2005.[2] The same year he also acted as an interim minister of culture and interim minister of education and higher education.[2]
Personal life and death
Rizk married Colette Le Breton in 1959.[2] They had three sons: Toufic, Fady and Sami.[2]
Rizk died on 11 December 2020.[1]
Awards
Rizk was awarded the Knight rank of the Legion of Honour.[4] He was also recipient of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[2]
References
- ^ a b "In Memory of Dr. Assaad Rizk". laumcrh.com. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-598-07734-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-230-27108-1.
- ^ a b c d e f George Khalil Najjar (11 December 2020). "LAU Mourns Dr. Assaad Rizk". Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- JSTOR 4325920.
- ISBN 9789004307056.