Antoine Zahra ( ar, أنطوان زهرا, also , born 1956) is a Lebanese Maronite politician and a member of the Lebanese Forces party. He has been an MP in the Lebanese Parliament as a representative of

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district since the 2005 legislative elections. He got re-elected in the 2009 legislative elections. He is married to Dima Younan and they have one daughter, Tatiana.

Early life and career

Antoine Moussa Zahra was born in 1956 to a Lebanese Maronite family in Kfifan, Batroun. He attended Batroun High School and the National Institute in Chekka. He was the head of Youth Union in Kfifane in the early 70's. He claims to have a Diploma in Business Studies from the University of Harrington, although this institution is an unaccredited

diploma mill A diploma mill (also known as a degree mill) is a company or organization that claims to be a higher education institution but provides illegitimate academic degrees and diplomas for a fee. The degrees can be fabricated (made-up), falsified (fake ...

. In 1992, he moved to the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

to preside over "Zahra Company for Marketing and Advertising". He currently serves as

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of Solo Gulf in

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and Solo Congo in Kinshasa. He was the president of the Lebanese Youth Sports Federation in the UAE in 2001.

Political background

Zahra started his political career in the

Kataeb Party The Kataeb Party ( ar, حزب الكتائب اللبنانية '), also known in English as the Phalanges, is a Christian political party in Lebanon. The party played a major role in the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990). In decline in the lat ...

as a student member. He was appointed by the LF party in Paris as the coordinator of the Lebanese Diaspora affairs in Western Europe from 1986 to 1988. He was the head of Kataeb office in his hometown Kfifane from 1988 to 1991. In 1991, he served as a member on the board of the LF party in Batroun. He was elected on June 19, 2005 as an MP for Batroun. Zahra is a member of the Lebanese Parliament Committees on Foreign Relations and Displaced Populations. He is also a member of the Lebanese Maronite League and the MPs committee of the

March 14 Alliance The March 14 Alliance ( ar, تحالف 14 آذار, taḥāluf 14 adhār}), named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that are united by their anti-Syrian stance ...

. Antoine Zahra remains the only Lebanese MP to have ever made a public evaluation of his first year in the parliament. He held a press conference on June 25, 2006 in which he listed the achievements of his election promise."Zahra: Toward a new democracy behavior" (in Arabic)
, ''Almustaqbal'', Issue 2306, p.6, June 26, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zahra, Antoine Moussa Lebanese Maronites 1956 births Living people Members of the Parliament of Lebanon Lebanese Forces politicians Kataeb Party politicians

Early life and career

Political background

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