Office: | Minister of Transport |
Primeminister: | Rafic Hariri |
Term Start: | 1996 |
Term End: | 1998 |
Office1: | State Minister for Transport |
Primeminister1: | Rafic Hariri |
Term Start1: | 1992 |
Term End1: | 1996 |
Birth Name: | Omar Kamel Miskawi |
Birth Place: | Tripoli, Lebanon |
Nationality: | Lebanese |
Children: | 3 |
Omar Miskawi (born 1935) is a Lebanese lawyer and politician who was a member of the Lebanese Parliament. He served as the minister of state for transport and then minister of transport from 1992 to 1998. He is a long-term deputy head of the Higher Islamic Council.
Miskawi was born in Tripoli in 1935. He graduated from Cairo University receiving a degree in law in 1961. He also graduated from Al-Azhar University.[1]
Miskawi started his career as a lawyer in Tripoli in 1961.[1] He was a member of the municipality of Tripoli. He became a member of the Higher Council of Islamic Sharia in 1964. He was elected a member of the Parliament from Tripoli in the 1992 elections.[1] He won his seat again in the 1996 elections.[2]
Miskawi was appointed state minister for transport to the first cabinet of Rafic Hariri in 1992.[3] [4] He was named as the minister of transport in 1996 in the third cabinet led by Hariri.[5] Miskawi's term ended in 1998.[1]
Miskawi is the deputy head of the Higher Islamic Council.[6]
Miskawi is married to Mona Abdulghani Oubar, and they have three daughters.[1]