Mohamad machnouk biography

Lebanese politician (born )

Nohad Machnouk (or Machnouq, Arabic: نهاد المشنوق; born ) is a Lebanese politician who was the Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities and a Member of Parliament representing Beirut’s second district.

He is a member of the “Future Bloc” coalition and serves on the Human Rights and Foreign Affairs parliamentary committees. He also serves on the ministerial committee charged with responding to the Syrian refugee crisis.^[1]

Early life

Machnouk was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in , to a Sunni Muslim family that traces its roots to Hama, Syria.^[2] After starting his career as a journalist, El Machnouk was hired by Lebanese weekly magazine Annahar and wrote extensively on regional issues.

Political career

In , he assumed his first political role as co-founder of Al Liqa’ al-Islami ("The Islamic Meeting"), a political gathering of prominent politicians and civil society leaders that called for an end t