Akram Chehayeb | |
Office: | Minister of Education and Higher Learning |
Primeminister: | Saad Hariri |
Predecessor: | Marwan Hamadeh |
Successor: | Tarek Majzoub |
Term Start: | 1 February 2019 |
Term End: | 21 January 2020 |
Office1: | Minister of Agriculture |
Primeminister1: | Tammam Salam |
Term Start1: | 15 February 2014 |
Term End1: | 18 December 2016 |
Office2: | Minister of Displaced |
Primeminister2: | Saad Hariri |
Predecessor2: | Raymond Audi |
Successor2: | Alaaeddine Terro |
Term Start2: | 9 November 2009 |
Term End2: | 13 June 2011 |
Office3: | Minister of Environment |
Primeminister3: | Rafic Hariri |
Term Start3: | 20 February 1996 |
Term End3: | 29 November 1998 |
Birth Date: | 17 October 1947 |
Birth Place: | Aley, Lebanon |
Party: | Progressive Socialist Party |
Residence: | Aley |
Alma Mater: | Arab University of Beirut Cairo University Lebanese University |
Spouse: | Salma J.Chehayeb |
Nationality: | Lebanese |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Native Name: | أكرم شهيب |
Akram Hussein Chehayeb (Arabic: أكرم شهيب; born 17 October 1947) is a Lebanese Druze politician who is a member of the Progressive Socialist Party headed by Walid Jumblatt. Cheheyab is a long-term member of the parliament and has also served in different cabinet and parliamentary posts.
Chehayeb was born in Aley on 17 October 1947.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in biology from the Arab University of Beirut and a master's degree in history from Cairo University in 1982.[2]
Chehayeb was a supporter of the Baath party and Saddam Hussein during his youth.[3] Then he became a member of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in 1979.[3] He worked as a history professor at Lebanese University in Aley.[3] In 1984, he became office manager of Jumblatt.[3] From 1985 to 1991 he served as the director of the PSP in Damascus.[1] In 1992, he won the election, being a representative for Beirut. In the 1996 elections, Chehayeb won the Druze seat in Aley.[3] Chahayeb served as minister of environment from 1996 to 1998.[1] [4] He also won the same seat in the general elections of 2000.[5] From 2005 to 2009 he was the head of Lebanese environment committee.[1] In 2009, he was appointed minister of displaced to the cabinet headed by then prime minister Saad Hariri, replacing Raymond Audi.[6] Chehayeb's tenure ended in 2011, and he was succeeded by Alaaeddine Terro as minister.[7]
Chehayeb also won Druze seat in Aley in the 2009 general election,[8] and is part of the National Struggle Front bloc, which is under the control of Walid Jumblatt.[9]
In February 2013 Akram Chehayeb became part of Tammam Salam's government as minister of agriculture.[10] His term ended on 18 December 2016 when a new government led by Saad Hariri was formed.
Chehayeb is married to Salma Jurdi Chehayeb and has four children.[1]