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Lebanese politician

Wael Abou Faour
وائل ابو فاعور
Abou Faour in 2015
Minister of Industry
In office
31 January 2019 – 20 January 2020
Prime MinisterSaad Hariri
Preceded byHussein Hajj Hassan
Succeeded byImad Hoballah
Minister of Public Health
In office
15 February 2014 – 18 December 2016
Prime MinisterTammam Salam
Preceded byAli Hassan Khalil
Succeeded byGhassan Hasbani
Minister of Social Affairs
In office
13 June 2011 – 15 February 2014
Prime MinisterNajib Mikati
Preceded bySalim Sayegh
Succeeded byRashid Derbass
Personal details
Born (1974-10-05) 5 October 1974 (age 50)
Khalwat al-Kfeir, Hasbaya District, Lebanon
Political partyProgressive Socialist Party
SpouseZeina Hamedeh
ChildrenLeen, Sara, Adham, Walid
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut

Wael Abou Faour (born 1974) is a Lebanese politician who served as the Minister of Health.

Early life

Faour was born in 1974 into a Lebanese Druze family. He is a graduate of the American University of Beirut where he received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. Abou Faour is married to Zeina Hamedeh and has two daughters Sara And Leen. And two boy twins Adham and Walid.

Career

Faour is a senior member of the Progressive Socialist Party and one of the close aides of party's leader Walid Jumblatt. He was first elected deputy in 2005 as part of the Democratic Gathering bloc representing the Western Bekaa, Rashaya. He served at the following parliamentary committees: agriculture and tourism, youth and sports and information technology. On 11 July 2008, he was appointed state minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Faour was appointed minister of social affairs in the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati in July 2011.

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.

References

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  6. "أبو فاعور تقدم بشكوى ضد واصف الحركة". annahar.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  7. "أبو فاعور تقدّم بشكوى قدح وذم ضدّ واصف الحركة". Lebanon24 (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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  9. "ابو فاعور: سأتقدم بدعوى ضد واصف الحركة... واذا ثبت انه على حق سأستقيل". LBCI Lebanon (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  10. "المركزية - أبو فاعور يدعي على واصف الحركة". المركزية (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  11. "تفاصيل جديدة في قضية وائل أبو فاعور وواصف الحركة!". Kataeb.org. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
Political offices
Preceded bySalim Sayegh Minister of Social Affairs
2011 – present 		Succeeded byIncumbent
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