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|name = Bahia Hariri<br>بهية الحريري
|image = BahiaHariri2.jpg
| image = BahiyaHariri.jpg
| office2 = [[Lebanese Parliament|Member of the Lebanese Parliament]]
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|spouse = Mustafa Hariri
| term_start2 = 23 August 1992
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|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1952}}
| term_end2 = 21 May 2022
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|birth_place = [[Sidon]], [[Lebanon]]
| constituency2 = [[Sidon]] ([[1992 Lebanese general election|1992]], [[1996 Lebanese general election|1996]], [[2000 Lebanese general election|2000]], [[2005 Lebanese general election|2005]], [[2009 Lebanese general election|2009]], [[2018 Lebanese general election|2018]])
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|party = [[Future Movement]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Education (Lebanon)|Minister of Education and Higher Learning]]
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|nationality = [[Lebanese nationality law|Lebanese]]
| primeminister1 = [[Fouad Siniora]]
| term_start1 = 11 July 2008
| term_end1 = 9 November 2009
| predecessor1 = Khaled Kabbani
| successor1 = Hassan Mneimneh
| office = Leader of the [[Future Movement]] in the [[Parliament of Lebanon]]
| term_start = 7 May 2018
| term_end = 21 May 2022
| predecessor = [[Fouad Siniora]]
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| spouse = Mustafa Hariri
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1952|6|23}}
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| birth_place = [[Sidon]], [[Lebanon]]
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| party = [[Future Movement]]
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| nationality = [[Lebanese nationality law|Lebanese]]
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'''Bahia Hariri''' ({{langx|ar|بهية الحريري}}) (born 23 June 1952) is a Lebanese politician<ref name="KnudsenHanafi2010">{{cite book|author1=Are Knudsen|author2=Sari Hanafi|title=Palestinian Refugees: Identity, Space and Place in the Levant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6BDNReOSO9QC&pg=PA101|year=2010|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-58046-5|pages=101}}</ref> and sister of former Lebanese Prime Minister [[Rafik Hariri]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.prestigemag.co/2015/05/bahia-hariri/|title=Bahia Hariri|magazine=Prestige Magazine|date=5 May 2015|access-date=11 August 2016}}</ref><ref name=mpol>{{cite journal|author=Ward Vloeberghs|title=The Hariri Political Dynasty after the Arab Spring|journal=[[Mediterranean Politics]]|volume=17|issue=2|pages=241–248|doi=10.1080/13629395.2012.694046|date=July 2012|s2cid=154581954}}</ref>


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==Early life and education==
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'''Bahia Bahaeddine Hariri''' ([[Arabic]]: بهية الحريري) (born 1952) is a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] [[politician]]<ref name="KnudsenHanafi2010">{{cite book|last1=Knudsen|first1=Are|last2=Hanafi|first2=Sari|title=Palestinian Refugees: Identity, Space and Place in the Levant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6BDNReOSO9QC&pg=PA101|accessdate=11 May 2011|date=17 December 2010|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-58046-5|pages=101}}</ref> and sister of former Lebanese Prime Minister [[Rafik Hariri]] and her second brother Shafic Hariri.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prestigemag.co/2015/05/bahia-hariri/|title=Bahia Hariri - Prestige Magazine|date=2015-05-05|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-11}}</ref><ref name=mpol>{{cite journal | last = Vloeberghs | first = Ward | title = The Hariri Political Dynasty after the Arab Spring | journal = [[Mediterranean Politics]] | volume = 17 | issue = 2 | pages = 241–248 | doi = 10.1080/13629395.2012.694046 | date = July 2012 | ref = harv }} [http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/72/15/67/PDF/The_Hariri_Political_Dynasty_after_the_Arab_Spring_Vloeberghs_2012_HALSHS.pdf Pdf.]</ref>
Bahia Hariri was born in [[Sidon]], Lebanon, on 23 June 1952<ref name=who>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Lebanon|year=2007

|location=Beirut|publisher=Publitec Publications|edition=19th|url=https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110945904.476
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== Early life and education ==
|isbn=978-3-598-07734-0|page=162|doi=10.1515/9783110945904.476
Bahia Hariri was born in [[Sidon]], [[Lebanon]] In 1952. Hariri was born to a modest [[Sunni Islam in Lebanon|Sunni Muslim]] family, along with her two siblings Shafic and [[Rafik Hariri]].<ref name=wiki05>{{cite journal|title=Lebanon Biographies of Potential Prime Ministers following PM Karami's Cabinet Resignation|url=https://wikileaks.org/cable/2005/03/05BEIRUT654.html#|journal=WikiLeaks|accessdate=30 June 2012|date=3 March 2005}}</ref> In 1970, she graduated from a teacher’s academy.
}}</ref> to a [[Sunni Islam in Lebanon|Sunni Muslim]] family. Her two brothers are Shafic and Rafik Hariri.<ref name="mpol" /> She graduated from the Teacher Training College in Sidon.<ref name=who/>


==Career==
==Career==
Hariri worked as a teacher upon graduation in Sidon and the south Lebanon until 1979.<ref name=mpol/> She headed the Hariri Foundation in Sidon, founded by her brother [[Rafik Hariri]] in 1979.<ref name=mpol/> The foundation is a major educational and charitable institution.<ref name=wiki05/> She is also the president of the administrative council of the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development {{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}
Hariri worked as a teacher upon graduation in Sidon and southern Lebanon until 1979.<ref name=mpol/> She then headed the Hariri Foundation in Sidon, founded by her brother Rafik Hariri in 1979.<ref name=mpol/><ref name=who/> The foundation is a major educational and charitable institution.


In 1992, Hariri was elected as member of [[parliament of Lebanon|Parliament]] for the [[Sunni]] seat in [[Saida, Lebanon|Saida]]. She was reelected in 1996 and 2000 for the same seat.<ref name=aps9sep>{{cite news|title=Opposition Candidates Win Elections|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/LEBANON+-+Sept.+3+-+Opposition+Candidates+Win+Elections.-a073739331|accessdate=10 March 2013|work=APS Diplomat Recorder|date=9 September 2000}}</ref> From July 2008 to November 2009 she was the minister of education.<ref name=mpol/>
In 1992, Hariri was elected as member of [[parliament of Lebanon|Parliament]] for the [[Sunni]] seat in Saida.<ref name=who/> She was reelected in 1996 and 2000 for the same seat.<ref>{{cite news|title=Opposition Candidates Win Elections|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/LEBANON+-+Sept.+3+-+Opposition+Candidates+Win+Elections.-a073739331|access-date=10 March 2013|work=APS Diplomat Recorder|date=9 September 2000}}</ref> From July 2008 to November 2009 she was the minister of education.<ref name=mpol/>


She was again elected to Parliament in June 2009. She currently heads the Parliamentary commission for education and culture in the Lebanese Parliament, in addition to being member of the Parliamentary commission for foreign and immigration affairs. in addition to being the vice-president of the commission for women at the inter-parliamentary Arab Union (UNESCO,2012)
She was again elected to Parliament in June 2009. She headed the Parliamentary commission for education and culture in the Lebanese Parliament, in addition to being member of the Parliamentary commission for foreign and immigration affairs. She is also a [[goodwill ambassador]] for UNESCO,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/director-general/singleview-dg/news/unesco_goodwill_ambassador_bahia_hariri_pays_visit_to_the_di/|title=UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Bahia Hariri pays visit to the Director-General calling for the need to reaffirm the full respect for Human Rights in light of the current wave of protests and violence|website=www.unesco.org|language=en|access-date=4 November 2017}}</ref> and heads the Islamic Organization for Higher Education. She serves on the Advisory Council of World Links Arab Region.
She is also a [[goodwill ambassador]] for UNESCO,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/director-general/singleview-dg/news/unesco_goodwill_ambassador_bahia_hariri_pays_visit_to_the_di/|title=UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Bahia Hariri pays visit to the Director-General calling for the need to reaffirm the full respect for Human Rights in light of the current wave of protests and violence|last=|first=|date=|website=www.unesco.org|language=en|access-date=2017-11-04}}</ref> and heads the Islamic Organization for Higher Education. She also serves on the Advisory Council of World Links Arab Region.(IWSAW,2012)

She also launched the appeals from Kuwait, Tunis, Algiers and Beirut between 1999 and 2000 to support the establishment of a "Day of the Arab woman" and a "Permanent Summit of the Arab Woman" (UNESCO,2012){{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}

Since 1992, Hariri has been member of the [[board of trustees]] of the [[Lebanese American University]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Bahia Hariri is married to Mustafa Hariri (who is also her cousin)<ref name=mpol/> and has 4 children: Nader (born 1976),<ref name=mpol/> Ghena (1979) Ahmad (born 1983)<ref name=mpol/> and Ola (1988)
Bahia Hariri is married to her cousin Mustafa Hariri.<ref name=mpol/> They married in 1973 and have four children: Nader (born 1976),<ref name=mpol/> Ghena (born 1979), Ahmad (born 1983)<ref name=mpol/> and Ola (1988).<ref name=who/>


==Awards and distinctions==
==Awards and distinctions==
* [[Legion of Honour|Légion d'honneur]] (2003)
Legion d’honneur, awarded by the French President Jacques Chirac, 2003.


The "Agha Khan" Award, in recognition for the reconstruction of The Big Omary Mosque, 1989.
* The [[Aga Khan Award for Architecture]], in recognition of the reconstruction of The Big Omary Mosque (1989)


Lebanese Cedar Award, Lieutenant rank, in recognition for services in Social and Cultural fields, 1989.
* Lebanese Cedar Award, Lieutenant rank, in recognition of services in Social and Cultural fields (1989)


The "Golden Apple" Award from the National Union of the Writers and the Tourist journalists.
* The Golden Apple Award from the [[FIJET|World Federation of Travel Journalists and Writers]]


* Honorary Doctorate from the [[American University of Science and Technology]] (2010)
(IWSAW,2012)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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* Heyer, H. (8 August 2008). [http://www.eturbonews.com/4123/executive-talk-bahia-baha-elddine-hariri Executive Talk: Bahia Baha’a Elddine Hariri.]
* Heyer, H. (8 August 2008). [http://www.eturbonews.com/4123/executive-talk-bahia-baha-elddine-hariri Executive Talk: Bahia Baha’a Elddine Hariri.]
* NNA (10 October 2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20111012151843/http://www.en.siyese.com/lebanon/hariri-waiting-for-mikati-to-fulfill-his-promises/ Hariri waiting for Mikati to fulfill his promises.]
* NNA (10 October 2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20111012151843/http://www.en.siyese.com/lebanon/hariri-waiting-for-mikati-to-fulfill-his-promises/ Hariri waiting for Mikati to fulfill his promises.]
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* IWSAW (2012). [https://web.archive.org/web/20190328090314/http://whoisshe.lau.edu.lb/expert-profile/bahia-hariri Who Is She In Lebanon.] LAU.
* UNESCO (2012). [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=9892&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Biography of Bahia Hariri.] Celebrity Advocates.
* Hariri, Bahia (2012). [http://word.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/1426 World's People (blog).] WordPress
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* IWSAW (2012). [http://whoisshe.lau.edu.lb/expert-profile/bahia-hariri Who Is She In Lebanon.] LAU.


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==External links==
* [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=9892&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Biography of Bahia Hariri - UNESCO]


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Bahia Hariri
Leader of the Future Movement in the Parliament of Lebanon
In office
7 May 2018 – 21 May 2022
Preceded byFouad Siniora
Minister of Education and Higher Learning
In office
11 July 2008 – 9 November 2009
Prime MinisterFouad Siniora
Preceded byKhaled Kabbani
Succeeded byHassan Mneimneh
Member of the Lebanese Parliament
In office
23 August 1992 – 21 May 2022
ConstituencySidon (1992, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2018)
Personal details
Born (1952-06-23) 23 June 1952 (age 72)
Sidon, Lebanon
Political partyFuture Movement
SpouseMustafa Hariri
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Bahia Hariri (Arabic: بهية الحريري) (born 23 June 1952) is a Lebanese politician[1] and sister of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.[2][3]

Early life and education

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Bahia Hariri was born in Sidon, Lebanon, on 23 June 1952[4] to a Sunni Muslim family. Her two brothers are Shafic and Rafik Hariri.[3] She graduated from the Teacher Training College in Sidon.[4]

Career

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Hariri worked as a teacher upon graduation in Sidon and southern Lebanon until 1979.[3] She then headed the Hariri Foundation in Sidon, founded by her brother Rafik Hariri in 1979.[3][4] The foundation is a major educational and charitable institution.

In 1992, Hariri was elected as member of Parliament for the Sunni seat in Saida.[4] She was reelected in 1996 and 2000 for the same seat.[5] From July 2008 to November 2009 she was the minister of education.[3]

She was again elected to Parliament in June 2009. She headed the Parliamentary commission for education and culture in the Lebanese Parliament, in addition to being member of the Parliamentary commission for foreign and immigration affairs. She is also a goodwill ambassador for UNESCO,[6] and heads the Islamic Organization for Higher Education. She serves on the Advisory Council of World Links Arab Region.

Personal life

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Bahia Hariri is married to her cousin Mustafa Hariri.[3] They married in 1973 and have four children: Nader (born 1976),[3] Ghena (born 1979), Ahmad (born 1983)[3] and Ola (1988).[4]

Awards and distinctions

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  • Lebanese Cedar Award, Lieutenant rank, in recognition of services in Social and Cultural fields (1989)

References

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  1. ^ Are Knudsen; Sari Hanafi (2010). Palestinian Refugees: Identity, Space and Place in the Levant. Taylor & Francis. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-415-58046-5.
  2. ^ "Bahia Hariri". Prestige Magazine. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Ward Vloeberghs (July 2012). "The Hariri Political Dynasty after the Arab Spring". Mediterranean Politics. 17 (2): 241–248. doi:10.1080/13629395.2012.694046. S2CID 154581954.
  4. ^ a b c d e Who's Who in Lebanon (19th ed.). Beirut: Publitec Publications. 2007. p. 162. doi:10.1515/9783110945904.476. ISBN 978-3-598-07734-0.
  5. ^ "Opposition Candidates Win Elections". APS Diplomat Recorder. 9 September 2000. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  6. ^ "UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Bahia Hariri pays visit to the Director-General calling for the need to reaffirm the full respect for Human Rights in light of the current wave of protests and violence". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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