Sunni
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family, he studied Business Administration and Law. Mourad lived in
São Paulo
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,
Brazil
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for five years
Mourad was inducted to parliament in 1990, replacing Nazem Qadri. He was elected to parliament in the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2018, 2022 elections. He served in a number of ministerial positions: Minister for Professional Education and Technical Training in 1994, Education and Higher Learning in 2000, Minister of State in 2003 and Minister of Defense from 2004 to 2005. He stood as the
March 8 Alliance
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candidate for a Sunni seat in West Bekaa-Rachaya in the
2009 Lebanese general election
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