Chakib Pierre Daher ( ar, بيار شكيب ظاهر; born 10 July 1960) is a Hungarian physician and politician of Lebanese descent,

member of the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

(MP) from

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén ( hu, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye, ; sk, Boršodsko-abovsko-zemplínska) is an administrative county ( comitatus or ''megye)'' in north-eastern Hungary (commonly called "Northern Hungary"), on the border with Slovakia (Ko ...

Regional List from 2010 to 2014. He had been a member of the Committee on Health Affairs from 5 July 2010 to 5 May 2014 and Committee on Foreign Affairs between 28 February 2011 and 23 September 2013.

Biography

Pierre Daher was born near to the Israel-Lebanon border into a

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family on 10 July 1960. He studied as a construction engineer in

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, but later turned to the

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, when moved to

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in 1981. He went to

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because of financial problems, where his brother, Ziad learnt. Later their younger brother, Paul also started his studies here. Pierre finished higher education at

Semmelweis University Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (; hu, Semmelweis Ignác Fülöp ; 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865) was a Hungarian physician and scientist, who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. Described as the "saviour of mothers", he discovered that t ...

(SOTE) and started work for the hospital in

Miskolc Miskolc ( , , ; Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the fourth larges ...

as a surgeon. Since 1996 he practiced as a GP in

Szendrőlád Szendrőlád is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary.Hungarian citizen Hungarian nationality law is based on the principles of jus sanguinis. Hungarian citizenship can be acquired by descent from a Hungarian parent, or by naturalisation. A person born in Hungary to foreign parents does not generally acquire Hung ...

in 2000. He served as head of the consulting room in

Edelény Edelény is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies in the valley of Bódva River, north of the county seat, Miskolc. The historic L'Huillier-Coburg Palace is located there. History The area has been inhabited sinc ...

since that time. He became a member of the local representative body in 2002, as a member of the

Fidesz Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; hu, Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán. It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young ...

. Since 2008 he is the director of the Koch Róbert Hospital in Edelény.HVG: Portré Daher Pierre-ről, a Fidesz edelényi képviselőjelöltjéről
/ref> He ran for the parliamentary seat for Edelény in the 2010 general elections, but former Fidesz member and

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candidate,

Oszkár Molnár Oszkár Molnár (born 1 June 1956) is a Hungarian politician and has been member of the National Assembly (MP) between 1998 and 2014. Biography He was born in Sajószentpéter, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, on 1 June 1956. He finished Izsó M ...

defeated him. However Pierre Daher became Member of Parliament from county list a month later, when replaced

Ildikó Pelczné Gáll Ildikó Pelczné Gáll ( née ''Gáll''; born on 2 May 1962 in Szikszó) is a Hungarian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Hungary. She is a member of Fidesz, part of the European People's Party. She graduat ...

, who was appointed

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(replacing

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). When the national board of Fidesz dissolved its local organization in Edelény due to internal conflicts in May 2015, Daher did not apply to join the re-established branch after his local rival Balázs Loj was elected chairman, thus his party membership officially ceased in October 2015.Már nem kér a Fideszből a volt képviselő
– Népszabadság, 2015. szeptember 28.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daher, Pierre 1960 births Living people Hungarian Maronites Fidesz politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014) Hungarian people of Lebanese descent Hungarian physicians Lebanese expatriates in Hungary