Raymond "Rony" Araiji (in

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ريمون "روني" عريجي) (born in

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, Lebanon on 31 July 1965) is a Lebanese politician, lawyer and government minister.

Education and career

He received a bachelor's degree in law from the

Saint Joseph University Saint Joseph University of Beirut (; French: ''Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth'', commonly known as USJ) is a private Catholic research university in Beirut, Lebanon, founded in 1875 by French Jesuit missionaries and subsidized by the Go ...

(USJ), Beirut in 1988 and a post graduate studies diploma in private law in 1989 from the same university. In 1990, he joined the Beirut Bar Association as a lawyer, and then continued to practice his legal profession at his private office. He is a founding member of the

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and previously a consultant to Suleiman Tony Frangieh. He was foreign relations coordinator for the Marada Movement political bureau. On 15 February 2014, he was named as the minister of culture in the cabinet of Lebanese Prime Minister

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. His tenure ended in 2016.

Private life

He is married to Wadad Abdullah and has two daughters.

References

External links

Raymond Araygi on Ehden Family Tree websiteHomepage of law office
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