Michel Moussa (Arabic: ميشال موسى; born 19 September 1949) is a Lebanese

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and

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Early life

Michel Moussa was born in Maghdouche,

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in 1949 to a

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family.

Education and career

Michel Moussa graduated from

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as a

Cardiologist Cardiology () is the study of the heart. Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery di ...

in 1980. In 1992 Moussa was elected as member of the

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for the

seat, in Zahrani,

southern Lebanon Southern Lebanon () is the area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate. The two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s. The Rashaya and Western Beqaa districts, the southernmost distr ...

and was reelected for this seat in the years 1996, 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2018. He currently heads the Parliamentary commission for

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and is a member of the

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Parliamentary commission. Moussa was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs under Prime minister

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in 1998, Minister of Environment under Prime Minister

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in 2000 and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs again under Hariri in 2004.

Personal life

Michel Moussa is married to Jeanine Abou Khalil and has two children, Sary (born 1987) and Bassam (born 1988). MP Moussa during a TV intervention

References

Lebanese Labor Ministry
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موسى: تمت الموافقة على اقتراح قانون عربي اطاري للجرائم البيئية والملكية الفكرية
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Lebanon’s Prisoners Call For General Amnesty to Prevent Catastrophe
Living people University of Montpellier alumni Members of the Parliament of Lebanon Environment ministers of Lebanon Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics 1949 births {{Lebanon-politician-stub Amal Movement politicians Ministers without portfolio of Lebanon Labour ministers of Lebanon Social affairs ministers of Lebanon 20th-century Lebanese physicians