Abdul Rahim Mrad (Arabic: عبد الرحيم مراد) is a Lebanese Sunni politician.[1] He was born in 1942.[1] A former minister, he is the founder of the Lebanese International University (in 2001).[1] [2] He is the leader of the Union Party.[3]
He studied Business Administration and Law. Mourad lived in São Paulo, Brazil[4] for five years
Mourad was inducted to parliament in 1990, replacing Nazem Qadri.[5] He was elected to parliament in the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2018, 2022 elections.[1] He served in a number of ministerial positions: Minister for Professional Education and Technical Training in 1994, Education and Higher Learning in 2000, Minister of State in 2003 and Minister of Defense from 2004 to 2005.[6] [1] He stood as the March 8 Alliance candidate for a Sunni seat in West Bekaa-Rachaya in the 2009 Lebanese general election, obtaining 29,095 votes (45.1%).[7]