Hussein el Hage Hassan - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Hussein Hajj Hassan is a Lebanese

Lebanese people

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politician

Politician

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born in the Beqaa Valley

Beqaa Valley

The Beqaa Valley is a fertile valley in east Lebanon. For the Romans, the Beqaa Valley was a major agricultural source, and today it remains Lebanon’s most important farming region...

in 1960.

Holder of a doctoral degree in molecular biophysical chemistry

Biophysical chemistry

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from the University of Orléans

University of Orléans

-History:In 1230, when for a time the doctors of the University of Paris were scattered, a number of the teachers and disciples took refuge in Orléans; when pope Boniface VIII, in 1298, promulgated the sixth book of the Decretals, he appointed the doctors of Bologna and the doctors of Orléans to...

, France

France

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in 1987, he is a member of the Lebanese Shia party

Party

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Hezbollah. He ran on the latter's electoral list in Lebanon's 1996 general election and was elected MP

Member of Parliament

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of the Beqaa

Beqaa Governorate

Beqaa is a governorate in Lebanon with a population of 750,000 inhabitants.-Geography:The Beqaa governorate covers an area of 4,429 km². Béqaa is the primary center of Lebanon's agriculture. The Beqaa governorate forms the main geographical extension of Lebanon and it lies between the Western...

's Baalbeck

Baalbek District

Baalbek District is an administrative district in the Beqaa Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon, having Baalbek as its capital. It is by far the largest district in the country comprising a total of 2319 km2....

/Hermel

Hermel District

The Hermel District is a district in the Beqaa Governorate of Lebanon. Population estimated at 39,000The capital of the Hermel District is Hermel.-References:*...

constituency. He was reelected in the 2000, 2005 and 2009

Lebanese general election, 2009

-Background:Prior to the election, the process to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years was put into motion, but as this requires a constitutional amendment, it did not happen before the election.- Allocation of seats :...

polls. From 2000 to 2005 he led the parliamentary commission on Agriculture and Tourism. He is part of the "Loyalty to the Resistance", an opposition

Opposition (parliamentary)

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parliamentary bloc

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.

He was named on 9 November 2009 Minister of Agriculture in Saad Hariri

Saad Hariri

Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005...

's national unity government

National unity government

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