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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.

Life

He went to school at Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour and studied in France at Ecole polytechnique (engineering with a major in economics) and Mines ParisTech (engineering with a major in scientific management)[1]. He is part of Greek-Catholic community.

Career

In January 2020, he was appointed minister of economy and trade by Hassan Diab (politician). He joins the government under the the Free Patriotic Movement ticket.

Prior to his appointment in the government, he worked in the banking industry. 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[2], brought in after the latter was severely affected by the economic crisis.
  • AstroBank (Cyprus) chairman of the executive committee[3] (2017-present). He was also a board member on USB bank, a predecessor entity to AstroBank.
  • Bank Med (Lebanon) executive general manager[4](June 2018 - present)


He is the president and co-founder of NGO Jouzour Lebanon [5] (roots of Lebanon), an environmental NGO dedicated to reforestation.


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

References


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