Wael Abou Faour
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Wael Abou Faour (born 1972) is a Lebanese politician who served as the Minister of Health.
Early life
Faour was born in 1974 into a Lebanese Druze family.[1] He is a graduate of the American University of Beirut where he received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration.[2] Abou Faour is married to Zeina Hamedeh and has two daughters Sara And Leen. And two boy twins Adham and Walid.Template:Fact
Career
Faour is a senior member of the Progressive Socialist Party and one of the close aides of party's leader Walid Jumblatt.[3] He was first elected deputy in 2005 as part of the Democratic Gathering bloc representing the Western Bekaa, Rashaya.[1] He served at the following parliamentary committees: agriculture and tourism, youth and sports and information technology.[1] On 11 July 2008, he was appointed state minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.[4] Faour was appointed minister of social affairs in the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati in July 2011.[5]
Wael Abou Faour revealed during a press conference on 11 November 2014 that many popular restaurants and food chains across Lebanon have been violating food safety rules, which brought about the start of a food safety campaign.
In 2020, Abu Faour sued Wassef El Harakeh, after the latter accused Abou Faour of smuggling cancer medicine to As-Suwayda, Syria during his tenure as Minister of Public Health, which caused shortage in the medicaments for the Lebanese citizens.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
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