Elie Mahfoud Explained

Elie Mahfoud
Birth Date:14 March 1968
Birth Place:Andaket, Akkar
Nationality:Lebanese
Education:Political sciences, Lebanese University
Party:Change Movement (حركة التغـيير), March 14 Alliance, Lebanese Forces.

Elie Mahfoud (Arabic: ايلي محفوض, born 14 March 1968[1] [2]  in Beirut) is a Lebanese lawyer,[3] author, politician, MP,[4] head of the Change Movement (حركة التغـيير)[5] [6] [7] and a member of the secretary-general of the 14 March alliance[4] which he belongs to since October 2006,[8] before which he used to be an FPM official[9] since 1987. He is close to the Lebanese Forces.[10] [11]

Biography

He was born in Beirut on 14 March 1968, to a Christian family from the town of Andaket in Akkar, North Lebanon. He is married to Maria Abu Shakra and they have two sons, Michel and Marc.[12]

He grew up with his family in Furn El Chebbak. He received his primary education at the Frère College,[13] and then moved to the Mont La Salle College in Ain Saadeh, he then joined the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the Lebanese University and obtained a Bachelor of Laws, then joined in 1993 the Beirut Bar Association as a graduated lawyer in Reda Al-Khazen's office.

He was mentored by Said Akl and in 1985 founded the Change Movement,[14] [3] [15] which registered as a Lebanese party on 29 December 2010.[16] Mahfoud belongs to the Maronite politics and considers the Lebanese Forces and its leader Samir Geagea the closest to him,[17] also opposes the Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement.[18]

During the civil war period from 1986 to 1989, he volunteered in the Red Cross as a paramedic.[19] He participated rescue operations in military battles of Jbaa and Jarjoa, which It was between Hezbollah and the Amal Movement.

He has published hundreds of articles in many Lebanese newspapers, and has thousands of positions, statements, statements, television and radio interviews and in the written press. He also published a number of political books like: "We and the Cause", "From the Phoenicians to the Aounists",[20] "Otherwise Lebanon Would End", "The Deception of theCentury",[21] "With Thirty pieces of Silver".[22] [23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: web archive 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20201102060440/https://viaf.org/viaf/54056501/. 2020-11-02. live.
  2. Web site: Maḥfūḍ, Īlī . id.worldcat.org . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210113193307/http://id.worldcat.org/fast/398290/ . 13 January 2021 . dead.
  3. Web site: تحذيرات لبنانية من تحول حزب الله إلى "حرس ثوري". 2021-10-15. الخليج أونلاين. ar.
  4. Web site: Beirut. Tamer Abu Zeid in. Unease in Lebanon over Nasrallah's vow to stay in Syria. 2021-10-15. Al-Mashareq. en-GB.
  5. Web site: الجامعة اللبنانية | التشريعات | تأسيس جمعية سياسية باسم: "حزب "حركة التغيير" مركزها: بعبدا. https://web.archive.org/web/20210223084515/http://www.legiliban.ul.edu.lb/Law.aspx?lawId=227750. 23 February 2021.
  6. Web site: Change Movement head Elie Mahfoud to MTV: The President was required to take a firmer stance following the Minister of Culture's words and his threat that the Lebanese would witness something they had never seen before. 2021-10-15. MTV Lebanon. en. 29 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211029171953/https://www.mtv.com.lb/en/news/live_feed/1224423/change-movement-head-elie-mahfoud-to-mtv--the-president-was-required-to-take-a-firmer-stance-following-the-minister-of-culture-s-words-and-his-threat-that-the-lebanese-would-witness-something-they-had-never-seen-before. dead.
  7. Web site: 26 September 2021. محفوض: المساعدات أمام واقع مرير. 2021-10-15. Lebanese Forces Official Website. en-US.
  8. Web site: law global!. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211029171347/https://www.lawgloba.com/XX/Unknown/413891988726050/Elie-Mahfoud . 2021-10-29 .
  9. Web site: Michel Aoun's long and difficult path to the presidential palace. 2021-10-15. Al Bawaba. en.
  10. Web site: لبنان.. مواطنون يشتكون نصر الله وقاضٍ يوجّه اتهامات لعشرات باشتباكات بيروت. 2021-10-25. لبنان.. مواطنون يشتكون نصر الله وقاضٍ يوجّه اتهامات لعشرات باشتباكات بيروت. ar-AR.
  11. Web site: 25 October 2021. لبنانيون يقدمون شكوى قضائية ضد حسن نصر الله في أحداث الطيونة الدامية. 2021-10-25. القدس العربي. en.
  12. Web site: 23 February 2021. ايلي محفوض. 2021-10-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20210223084417/https://www.newlebanon.info/lebanon-now/398500/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B6. 2021-02-23.
  13. Web site: 14 March 2019. newslebanon – 14 march 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210223084417/https://www.newlebanon.info/lebanon-now/398500/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B6 . 2021-02-23 .
  14. Web site: للإعلام. الوكالة الوطنية. محفوض نعى سعيد عقل: لك الفضل في عشقنا للبنان. 2021-10-15. الوكالة الوطنية للإعلام. ar.
  15. Web site: 14 March 2019. newslebanon – 14 march 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210223084417/https://www.newlebanon.info/lebanon-now/398500/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B6 . 2021-02-23 .
  16. Web site: 23 February 2021. الجامعة اللبنانية التشريعات تأسيس جمعية سياسية باسم: "حزب "حركة التغيير" مركزها: بعبدا. https://web.archive.org/web/20210223084515/http://www.legiliban.ul.edu.lb/Law.aspx?lawId=227750. 2021-02-23. 2021-10-15.
  17. Web site: 23 February 2021. ايلي محفوض: قرار ترشيحي بيد جعجع سياسة جريدة اللواء. https://web.archive.org/web/20210223084758/http://aliwaa.com.lb/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B6-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D8%B9%D8%AC%D8%B9/. 2021-02-23. 2021-10-15.
  18. Web site: 23 February 2021. المركزية- محفوض: أسماء كبيرة ستغادر لبنان وعلى عون الإستقالة. https://web.archive.org/web/20210223084546/https://almarkazia.com/ar/news/show/244011/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B6-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%83%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7. 2021-02-23. 2021-10-15.
  19. Web site: 8 January 2019. محفوض حيّا الصليب الأحمر: كم أفتخر أنني كنت مسعفًا. 2021-10-15. IMLebanon. en-US.
  20. Web site: 15 May 2014. قدامى التيار الوطني الحرّ يرفضون الانضواء تحت راية "العونية" ويعودون الى جذور "القوات" و"14 آذار" The Lebanese Forces Official Website. 2021-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20140515200650/http://www.lebanese-forces.com/2014/03/11/tarek-hassoun-3/. 2014-05-15.
  21. Web site: إطلاق كتاب "خديعة العصر" غداً. LebanonFiles. en-US. 2021-10-15.
  22. 28 December 2011. Mahfoud indicted of libel, slander of Aoun. 2021-10-16. The Daily Star. 16 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016050029/https://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Lebanon-News/2011/Dec-28/158184-mahfoud-indicted-of-libel-slander-of-aoun.ashx. dead.
  23. Web site: "بثلاثين من الفضة": سيرة عون بقلم محفوض. 15 July 2010. Lebanese Forces Official Website. en-US. 2021-10-15.