Abbas Salim al-Halabi (; born 1948) is a Lebanese politician currently serving as
Minister of Education
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in the
Third Cabinet of Najib Mikati.
Education
Abbas Slim is from Ras El-Matn in the
Baabda district
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. He was born in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, in 1948 to a
Druze
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family. He holds a law degree in Lebanese law and French law from Saint Joseph University in Beirut, a diploma from the European University Institute in Nancy, France, and a certificate in comparative law.
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Living people
1948 births
Education ministers of Lebanon
Lebanese Druze people
Progressive Socialist Party politicians
Paris Nanterre University alumni
Saint Joseph University alumni
People from Baabda District
Date of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Lebanese politicians
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