1. Jean Obeid was a Lebanese lawyer, journalist and politician, who served in different cabinet posts, the last of which was foreign minister of Lebanon from 2003 to 2004.
14 Facts About Jean Obeid
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Jean Obeid was born in Alma, a village in the Zgharta district, on 8 May 1939.
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Jean Obeid held several high-level positions in various newspapers and magazines.
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Jean Obeid worked for Lisan Al Hal in 1960 and for the Assayad magazine and Al Anwar daily from 1966.
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On 11 February 1987, Jean Obeid met with Parliament Speaker Hussein Husseini and was kidnapped by nine gunmen in west Beirut.
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Jean Obeid served as a member of the parliament, representing Chouf from 1991 to 1992 and Tripoli from 1992 to 2005.
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Jean Obeid served as minister of state in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Rafik Hariri between 1993 and 1995.
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On 17 April 2003, Jean Obeid was appointed foreign minister in a reshuffle to the last cabinet of Hariri, replacing Mahmoud Hammoud in the post.
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Jean Obeid's tenure ended in 2004, and he was succeeded by Mahmoud Hammoud as foreign minister.
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In 2008, Jean Obeid ran for the presidential elections and was considered to be possible consensus candidate.
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Jean Obeid was a candidate for President of Lebanon and participated in the 2014 Lebanese presidential election.
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In May 2018, Jean Obeid returned to the Lebanese parliament by winning the Maronite seat for the constituency of Tripoli.
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Jean Obeid was married to Emile Boustany's daughter, Loubna, and had five children.
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Jean Obeid was the maternal uncle of the economist Jihad Azour.