Charbel Nahas

Charbel Nahas (Arabic شربل نحاس DMG Sarbel Nahash, born August 16, 1954 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese politician. Since June 2011 he has been Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the Cabinet Najib Mikatis. He is also a former Minister of Telecommunications in the Cabinet Saad Hariri November 2009 to June 2011. He belongs, headed by Michel Aoun Free Patriotic Movement.

Life

Charbel Nahas graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris in 1967 and 1978. He received his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in 1980. Thereupon he was for twelve years director Department of Civil Engineering at the Lebanese University. Nahas is an economist and worked a lot and published on topics of the Lebanese economy. He also advised several Lebanese and international organizations like the World Bank or the United Nations.

He belongs to the Maronite Church.

Works

Charbel Nahas ' works were based on the political and economic system of Lebanon. Some of his works are:

• Financing and Political Economy of Higher Education in Lebanon ( finance and political economy of higher studies in Lebanon ) - a study supported by an economic research forum
• Syria: Fiscal Policy Perspectives (Syria: Financial Policy Perspectives )
• The Maronite Church and the Economic Question ( The Maronite Church and the economic issue )
• The Economic Stakes of the Euro - Lebanese Partnership ( the economic investments of Euro - Lebanese partnership )