Issam Fares
Issam Michael Fares is a prominent Orthodox Christian Lebanese businessman, a former member of the Lebanese Parliament.
Career [edit]
In the general elections of 2000, Fares won the seat of Akkar, the first district of the North Lebanon.[1] He served as deputy prime minister of Lebanon from 2000 to 2005.[2] Prior to that his career spans four decades in the Persian Gulf, specifically Saudi Arabia, where he began with Abela Catering and then Ballast Needam. By the early 1970s Issam Fares was playing a key role in the infrastructure buildout of Saudi Arabia, including roads and housing.
The Fares Lecture Series, the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, both at Tufts University, and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB) are named after him. He operates the Houston, Texas based WEDGE Group.
References [edit]
- ^ "Opposition Candidates Win Elections". APS Diplomat Recorder. 9 September 2000. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ "Arabian Business Rich List 2010". Arabian Business. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
External links [edit]
- Issam Fares home page
- Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Tufts
- Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at AUB
- WEDGE Group corporate home page
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