Raya Haffar al-Hassan - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Raya Haffar al-Hassan is the Lebanese finance minister

Finance minister

The finance minister is a cabinet position in a government.A minister of finance has many different jobs in a government. He or she helps form the government budget, stimulate the economy, and control finances...

, the first woman to be appointed to such a senior post in Lebanon. Along with minister without portfolio

Minister without Portfolio

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Mona Ofeich

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, Hassan was one of two women appointed in the November 2009 cabinet of 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...

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Hassan is a member of the March 14 Alliance

March 14 Alliance

The March 14 alliance , named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon that call for sovereignty over all Lebanese territories, led by MP Saad Hariri, younger son of Rafik Hariri, the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon, as...

. Prior to her appointment as finance minister she had worked administrating programmes in Lebanon under the auspices of the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank.

Personal life

Hassan was educated at George Washington University

George Washington University

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, from which she has a MBA degree. She has three children.

Personal life

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