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Raoul Nehme

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Raoul Nehmé (arabic راوول نعمة) (born 1956) is the Lebanese minister of economy and trade. He joined the government of Hassan Diab in January 2020 under the the Free Patriotic Movement ticket.

Life

He went to school at Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour and studied in France at Ecole polytechnique and Mines ParisTech. He belongs to Greek-Catholic) community.

Career

A banker by profession, he has had experience handling several establishment in crisis:

  • BLC bank (Lebanon) board member (2008-2015) and general manager (2010-2015), after it was put in receivership by the BDL due to mismanagement
  • T-bank (Turkey) chairman of the board[1], brought in after the latter was severely affected by the economic crisis.
  • astroBank (Cyprus) chairman of the executive committee[2] (2017-present)
  • Bank Med (Lebanon) executive general manager[3](June 2018 - present)


He is the president and co-founder of NGO Jouzour Lebanon (roots of Lebanon), an environmental NGO dedicated to reforestation.


Political offices
Preceded by List of Ministers of Economy and Trade (Lebanon)
2020–present
Incumbent

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Category:Lebanese politicians Category:Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics Category:École Polytechnique alumni Category:Mines ParisTech alumni