Ghada Chreim Ata (), born on 30 September 1968, is a Lebanese female politician and professor of

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at the

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. She was minister for refugees in the government of

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between January 2020 and September 2021

Family, studies and work

Ghada Chreim was born on 30 September 1968 to a

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family in

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, Lebanon. Daughter of a poet and the writer Youssef Chreim, she began her academic studies at the

. Chreim obtained a doctorate in French literature in 2000. She is a professor of French literature at the Université libanaise and worked in the faculty of Letters and Human Sciences (section IV) from 2013 to 2016. At the same time, she worked as a supervising editor for the magazine ''Fairuz à Dar As-Sayyad''. Ghada Chreim began working for the participation of women in politics after seeing a Facebook page relating to human rights and social justice.

Political career

Considered close to President Michel Aoun and his Free Patriotic Party, Aoun named her minister for refugees in the government of

on 21 January 2020. During her time in office, Chreim expressed hopes that the country could eventually close the Ministry of Refugees and Displaced People and replace it with a Ministry for Rural Development to help better address the issues facing displaced people (who largely live in rural areas). When Prime Minister Diab's government resigned in August 2020 following the

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, Chreim and other cabinet ministers stayed on in a caretaker capacity until a new government was formed.

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Who's who in Lebanon's new government

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, 22 January 2020
New Lebanese Government Formed after 3 Months of Political Vacuum
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'', 22 January 2020
Ghada Chreim Ata
Women In Front, 20 July 2017 (in French)
Lebanon breaks regional record with women government officials
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