Muhammad Baydoun was a moderate Lebanese politician and served as a member of the Lebanese parliament from 1992 until 2005.
17 Facts About Muhammad Baydoun
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Muhammad Baydoun served as minister of power and energy as recently as 2005.
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Muhammad Baydoun's family were originally from Bint Jbeil in South Lebanon.
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Muhammad Baydoun held a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Lebanese University and a PhD in mathematics from Claude Bernard University in Lyon, France.
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Muhammad Baydoun worked as mathematics professor at Lebanese University from 1976 to 1988.
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Muhammad Baydoun was named a member of Amal's political bureau in 1982 and appointed president of the bureau on 14 October 1998.
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Muhammad Baydoun is former president of Amal's council of the south.
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Muhammad Baydoun won his seat in the general election in 2000 receiving more votes than Hezbollah candidates.
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Muhammad Baydoun served in this post from 24 December 1990 to 10 May 1992.
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Muhammad Baydoun served in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Salim Hoss from 1998 to 2000.
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Muhammad Baydoun was appointed minister of electrical and water resources to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in October 2000.
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Muhammad Baydoun was expelled by Nabih Berri, head of the Amal movement, from the cabinet in March 2003.
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In October 2012, Muhammad Baydoun declared that he was ready to become Parliament speaker if his candidacy was backed by the March 14 Coalition.
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Muhammad Baydoun had business activities and was a member of the board and of the audit committee of the IBL Bank.
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At the beginning of the 2000s, Muhammad Baydoun was a pro-Syrian politician, who had close ties with "old guards" in Damascus such as Hikmat Shihabi and Abdul Halim Khaddam.
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In June 2008, Muhammad Baydoun stated that Saad Hariri was unable to organize the Sunni community or defend it and to build the institutions of state.
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Muhammad Baydoun died on 17 May 2022 due to an undisclosed illness.