(1970-06-21) 21 June 1970 (age 53) Batroun, Lebanon
Political party
Free Patriotic Movement
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Chantal Aoun
(m. 1999)
Children
3
Residence
Byblos, Lebanon
Education
American University of Beirut
Profession
Civil engineering
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Gebran Gerge Bassil (Arabic: جبران جرجي باسيل; born 21 June 1970) is a Lebanese politician who is the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement since 2015 and leader of the Strong Lebanon bloc in the Lebanese parliament since 2018. A Maronite Christian, he is the son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, and has been his most senior advisor since 2005.[1]
Born in Batroun, Bassil joined the FPM, becoming a prominent activist in it. He ran in the general election of 2005 and 2009, and was appointed as the Minister of Telecommunications in the First Cabinet of Saad Hariri. In 2011, Bassil and all ministers of the opposition announced their resignation, leading to the collapse of the government.[2]
He subsequently held the position of Minister of Energy and Water between 2011 and 2014, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants from 2014 to 2020. He won a parliamentary seat for Batroun district and the Maronite sect in the general election in 2018. He was highly targeted in the widespread Lebanese protests which began by the end of 2019.
Bassil remains a controversial figure in the country. He is often accused of corruption, racism and nepotism,[3][4] and was labeled the "most hated man in Lebanon".[5][6][7] These claims are denied by Bassil, stating that they are part of a wider character assassination plot. He was sanctioned by the United States under the Magnitsky Act.
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^"Gebran Bassil doesn't think he's the most hated man in Lebanon". L'Orient Today. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^"Son of Lebanon's 'most hated' MP bullied". Middle East Monitor. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^Spencer, Richard. "Diner shames Gebran Bassil, the 'most hated man' in Lebanon". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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