Marie-Claude Najm
Marie-Claude Najm | |
|---|---|
| ماري كلود نجم | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 21 January 2020 – 10 September 2021 | |
| President | Michel Aoun |
| Prime Minister | Hassan Diab |
| Preceded by | Albert Serhan |
| Succeeded by | Henry Khoury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 April 1971 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Daniel Kobeh |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Lawyer, politician |
Marie-Claude Najm (Arabic: ماري كلود نجم; born 6 April 1971) is a Lebanese academic who served as Minister of Justice from 2020 to 2021.
Education and acdemic career
Najm studied law at the Saint Joseph University in Beirut and continued her studies at the University Panthéon-Sorbonne from where she also graduated.[1]
She taught at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the Saint Joseph University in Beirut[1] and also in France, where she was a visiting professor at the University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) and the University Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I).[1] She is closely related to the Saint Joseph University, where she is also the director of the Center for Rights Studies of the Arab world (CEDROMA).[2]
Her publications focus on conflicts of laws and jurisdictions. In 2007 she was a founding member of the “Khalass!", which aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the political deadlock at the time.[1] She was a supporter of the protests in 2019–2020, again a founding member of a civil protest movement and taught law in the revolutionary tents of the Martyrs' Square in Beirut.[3]
Political career
In January 2020, Najm became the Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Hassan Diab.[4] She was one of the six female ministers in the Diab Government counting 20 ministries, which was viewed as a step in the right direction towards gender equality in Lebanon politics.[5] Shortly after the 2020 Beirut explosions, on 10 August 2020, Najm announced her resignation from the government.[6] Najm was the third cabinet minister to step down after the explosions.[6] Her resignation sparked that of the Diab government within hours. Her final act in Diab's government was to commission the Supreme Council of Lebanon, which is the country's top judicial body, to investigate the causes of the disaster, and thereby relieved the public prosecutor Ghassan El Khoury of the task. She continues to serve as caretaker minister.[7][8][9]
Personal life
She is married to Daniel Kobeh. The couple has a daughter.[1] Najm is a Maronite Christian.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Qui est Marie Claude Najm, la nouvelle ministre de la Justice?". libnanews.com (in French). 26 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Site de l'Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth - USJ". www.usj.edu.lb. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ Naji, Rafaela (29 January 2020). "The New Justice Minister Of Lebanon Is Actually Pro-Revolution". The961. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Lebanon unveils new government headed by Hassan Diab". Al Arabiya English. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ "Six female ministers: a positive step in the right direction, but what about political impartiality?". L'Orient-Le Jour. 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- ^ a b Allahoum, Ted Regencia, Linah Alsaafin, Ramy. "'Endemic corruption' caused Beirut blast, says Diab: Live updates". www.aljazeera.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mroue, Bassem (10 August 2020). "Lebanon's government resigns amid widespread public anger over Beirut explosion". The Globe and Mail Inc. The Associated Press.
- ^ Rizk, Sybille (10 August 2020). "Liban : le premier ministre annonce la démission du gouvernement" (in French). Le Figaro.
- ^ "Lebanese government resigns as explosion fallout continues". CBC. Thomson Reuters. 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Who is in the new Lebanese government?". The National. 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2020-10-28.