| Office2: | Member of the Lebanese Parliament |
| Term Start2: | 23 August 1992 |
| Term End2: | 21 May 2022 |
| Constituency2: | Sidon (1992, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2018) |
| Office1: | Minister of Education and Higher Learning |
| Primeminister1: | Fouad Siniora |
| Term Start1: | 11 July 2008 |
| Term End1: | 9 November 2009 |
| Predecessor1: | Khaled Kabbani |
| Successor1: | Hassan Mneimneh |
| Office: | Leader of the Future Movement in the Parliament of Lebanon |
| Term Start: | 7 May 2018 |
| Term End: | 21 May 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Fouad Siniora |
| Spouse: | Mustafa Hariri |
| Birth Date: | 1952 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sidon, Lebanon |
| Party: | Future Movement |
| Nationality: | Lebanese |
Bahia Hariri (ar|بهية الحريري) (born 23 June 1952) is a Lebanese politician[1] and sister of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.[2] [3]
Bahia Hariri was born in Sidon, Lebanon, on 23 June 1952[4] to a Sunni Muslim family. Her two brothers are Shafic and Rafik Hariri. She graduated from the Teacher Training College in Sidon.[4]
Hariri worked as a teacher upon graduation in Sidon and southern Lebanon until 1979.[3] She then headed the Hariri Foundation in Sidon, founded by her brother Rafik Hariri in 1979.[3] [4] The foundation is a major educational and charitable institution.
In 1992, Hariri was elected as member of Parliament for the Sunni seat in Saida.[4] She was reelected in 1996 and 2000 for the same seat.[5] From July 2008 to November 2009 she was the minister of education.[3]
She was again elected to Parliament in June 2009. She headed the Parliamentary commission for education and culture in the Lebanese Parliament, in addition to being member of the Parliamentary commission for foreign and immigration affairs. She is also a goodwill ambassador for UNESCO,[6] and heads the Islamic Organization for Higher Education. She serves on the Advisory Council of World Links Arab Region.
Bahia Hariri is married to her cousin Mustafa Hariri.[3] They married in 1973 and have four children: Nader (born 1976),[3] Ghena (born 1979), Ahmad (born 1983)[3] and Ola (1988).[4]