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{{Short description|Lebanese politician and medical doctor}}
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{{infobox officeholder
|office = [[Member of the Lebanese Parliament]]
|party = [[Amal Movement]]
| name               = Michel Moussa
| image              = MP_Moussa_at_the_UN.jpg 
| native_name_lang   = ميشال موسى
| birth_date         = 19 September 1949
| birth_place        = Maghdouche, Lebanon
| nationality        = Lebanese
| education          = Cardiology at the University of Montpellier in France
| spouse             = Jeanine Abou Khalil
| children           = Sary Moussa, Bassam Moussa
}}
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'''Michel Moussa''' (Arabic: ميشال موسى; born 19 September 1949) is a [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] [[politician]] and [[medical doctor]].

==Early life==
Michel Moussa was born in [[Maghdouché|Maghdouche]], [[Lebanon]] in 1949 to a [[Christian]] [[Greek Catholic]] family.

==Education and career==
Michel Moussa graduated from [[University of Montpellier]] as a [[Cardiologist]] in 1980. 
In 1992 Moussa was elected as member of the [[Lebanese Parliament]] for the [[Greek Catholic]] seat, in [[Zahrani]], [[southern Lebanon]] and was reelected for this seat in the years 1996, 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2018.
He currently heads the Parliamentary commission for [[Human Rights]] and is a member of the [[Foreign Affairs]] Parliamentary commission.
Moussa was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs under Prime minister [[Salim Hoss]] in 1998, Minister of Environment under Prime Minister [[Rafic Hariri]] in 2000 and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs again under Hariri in 2004.

==Personal life==
Michel Moussa is married to Jeanine Abou Khalil and has two children, Sary (born 1987) and Bassam (born 1988).

[[File:MP Moussa during a TV intervention.jpg|thumb|MP Michel Moussa on Lebanese Television]]

==References==
<br>[https://www.labor.gov.lb/MinistersDetails.aspx?ID=15017 Lebanese Labor Ministry]<br>
Michel Moussa : Pas de tri démographique sur base confessionnelle à Maghdouché<br>[https://www.lp.gov.lb/ContentRecordDetails.aspx?id=28549&title=الإتحاد-البرلماني-الدولي-إنتخب-النائب-ميشال-موسى-عضو-لجنة-حقوق-الإنسان-في-الإتحاد الإتحاد البرلماني الدولي إنتخب النائب ميشال موسى عضو لجنة حقوق الإنسان في الإتحاد]<br>[https://www.elnashra.com/news/show/1486595/موسى:-تمت-الموافقة-على-اقتراح-قانون-عربي-اطاري-للج موسى: تمت الموافقة على اقتراح قانون عربي اطاري للجرائم البيئية والملكية الفكرية]<br>[https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2183171/lebanon’s-prisoners-call-general-amnesty-prevent-catastrophe Lebanon’s Prisoners Call For General Amnesty to Prevent Catastrophe]

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