Nayla Moawad

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Nayla Moawad
نايلة معوض
Nayla Moawad in 2015
Minister of Social Affairs
In office
19 July 2005 – 11 July 2008
Prime MinisterFouad Siniora
Preceded byMohamad Jawad Khalifeh
Succeeded byMario Aoun
First Lady of Lebanon
In role
5 November 1989 – 22 November 1989
PresidentRené Moawad
Preceded byNadia El-Chami
Succeeded byMona Jammal
Personal details
Born
Nayla El-Khouri

(1940-07-03) July 3, 1940 (age 83)
Bsharri, Lebanon
Political partyQornet Shehwan Gathering
Independence Movement
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1965; died 1989)​
ChildrenRima Moawad (1966)
Saint Joseph University
Cambridge University
OccupationJournalist, politician
Moawad greeting President George H. W. Bush in 1990
Moawad with Alex Azar in 2006

Nayla Moawad (

Cabinet
on 19 July as Minister for Social Affairs.

Early life and education

Born in

Saint Joseph's University with a bachelor of arts degree in French literature and history. She later studied English at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom
.

Career and marriage

From 1962 to 1965, Moawad worked as a journalist for the daily newspaper, L'Orient. In 1965, she married René Moawad,[1] surprising many people since he was the scion of a rival clan, who was fifteen years her senior. Despite the disparity in their ages, and despite the traditional antagonism between their families, the marriage was a happy one and produced two children. Rima, a lawyer and a graduate of Harvard University, and Michel, also a lawyer and businessman, who graduated from Sorbonne University in Paris.

Moawad sought to perpuate her slain husband's legacy by founding the René Moawad Foundation in 1990,[1] which works for social justice and economic development in Lebanon and the Arab world. Since 1994, she has served as president of the Center for Research and Education on Democracy.

Parliamentary career

Moawad became a member of the National Assembly in 1991, representing the

Syrian military presence in Lebanon and continues to campaign for the building of a modern, democratic nation state. She is also a member of the Democratic Forum, a coalition comprising both Christian and Muslim parliamentarians opposed to the pro-Syrian government. She has also been affiliated with the National Front, a multi-sectarian parliamentary block working for political reforms. In the general election
held in May–June 2005, she retained her seat.

In 2004, Moawad announced her candidacy for the presidency in elections scheduled to be held that year. These were postponed, however, until 2007.

Moawad's son, Michel, founded a new political party in 2006 called

Maronite Christian MPs for the Zgharta District in the Lebanese Parliament, namely Nayla Moawad, Jawad Simon Boulos and Samir Frangieh
. Since 2009, the party has been led by Michel René Moawad, Jawad Simon Boulos and Youssef Bahaa El Douaihy.

In

the 14 March Movement
.

References

  1. ^ a b c Topalian, Nohad (6 March 2013). "Lebanese women 'on the front lines' celebrated at Beirut conference". Al Shorfa. Beirut. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by
Nadia El-Chami
 First Lady of Lebanon
1989 		Succeeded by
Mona Jammal
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Social Affairs
2005–2008 		Succeeded by
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