Myriam Gebran Tawk (; born 1968) is a Lebanese politician who is a prominent member of the Skaff family in the city of Zahle and the leader of the Popular Bloc, succeeding her late husband

Elias Skaff Elias (Elie) Skaff ( Arabic: الياس سكاف; born 11 October 1948 – 10 October 2015) was a Lebanese politician and leader of the Popular Bloc. Early years and education Elias Skaff was born in Zahlé, Lebanon on 11 October 1948. He is t ...

Early life and education

Skaff completed her secondary education at the Athenee de Beyrouth school. She holds a BA in Social Sciences from the American International University in London-Richmond, followed by a secondary diploma in Women's Studies and later worked in the field of marketing in two French companies.

In politics

Following the death of

on October 10, 2015, she was elected head of the Popular Bloc and fought her first political battle in 2016. During the Lebanese municipal election of 2016 in Zahle, an attempt at forging an electoral coalition with the

Free Patriotic Movement The Free Patriotic Movement (, ) is a Lebanese political party. Founded by Michel Aoun in 1994, the party is currently led by Aoun's son-in-law Gebran Bassil since 2015. History Background For many years, while Michel Aoun was and exiled i ...

and the

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failed, prompting the Popular bloc to run against the Christian parties and Nicolas Fattouche list. The alliance broke definitively with the

Change and Reform bloc The Change and Reform bloc was a bloc in the Parliament of Lebanon that represented the Free Patriotic Movement and its allies, including the Marada Movement, the Tachnaq party, Tachnag Party, the Lebanese Democratic Party, and several independent ...

. The party resumed operations during the

2018 Lebanese general election General elections were held in Lebanon on 6 May 2018. Although originally scheduled for 2013, the election was postponed three times in 2013, 2014 and 2017 for various reasons, including the security situation, the failure of the Parliament to ...

s, however failed to win any seats with 10,563 votes in total. Skaff claimed that supporters of the

had attacked her car. In 2022, Myriam Skaff announced her candidacy of the Greek catholic seat in

Bekaa I Bekaa I () is an electoral district in Lebanon, as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 2 Greek Catholic parliamentarians, 1 Maronite, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Armenian Orthodox, 1 Shia and 1 Sunni. The electoral district covers the ''Districts of ...

( Zahle) and led a 6-member list in the electoral district but failed to win any seats.

Personal life

In 1995, she married former minister and MP

and has 2 children: Joseph and Gibran. Myriam Skaff is also the cousin of Sethrida Geagea, wife of

Chief

Samir Geagea Samir Farid Geagea (, , also spelled Samir Ja'ja' ; born 25 October 1952) is a Lebanese politician and former militia commander who has been the leader of the Lebanese Forces Lebanese Forces, political party and Lebanese Forces (militia ...

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Living people Lebanese politicians 1968 births Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics {{Lebanon-politician-stub

Early life and education

In politics

Personal life

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