Omar Miskawi Explained

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.

Early life and education

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]

Career

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]

Personal life

Miskawi is married to Mona Abdulghani Oubar, and they have three daughters.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Who's Who in Lebanon. M. 2007. Publitec Publications. 240. 19th. Beirut. 978-3-598-07734-0. 10.1515/9783110945904.218.
  2. News: Samir Kadi. Northern Lebanon newcomers win seats. Beirut . 3 December 2023. United Press International. 28 August 1998.
  3. Book: Ward Vloeberghs. 2015. Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon. Rafiq Hariri and the politics of sacred space in Beirut. Brill. Leiden; Boston. 9789004307056. 10.1163/9789004307056_010. 381–382. 114.
  4. Hariri breaks new ground in cabinet appointments. 17 December 2023. MEED. 45. 36. 13 November 1992.
  5. News: Dalal Saoud. Lebanon PM forms a new Cabinet. United Press International. 8 November 1996. 3 December 2023.
  6. News: Miskawi lobbies against Islamic Council elections. Free Library. 3 December 2023. The Daily Star. 10 April 2013.