19 Facts About Nabih Berri

Nabih Berri is a Lebanese Shia politician who has been serving as Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon since 1992.

Nabih Berri was born in Bo, Sierra Leone to Lebanese Shia parents on 28 January 1938.

Nabih Berri graduated with a law degree from the Lebanese University in 1963, where he had served as the student body president, and became a lawyer at the Court of Appeals.

In 1980, Nabih Berri was elected leader of the Amal Movement, and led the resistance against the Israeli army especially in the south of Lebanon and Beqaa and the most famous battle was the battle of khalde in 1982.

Nabih Berri was the key player of the Intifada of 6 February 1984 with his ally Walid Jumblatt leader of the Progressive Socialist Party against the Lebanese sectarian government of Amin Gemayel, where officers and soldiers were called to defect from the Lebanese Army and made ground for the Taif agreement that ended the civil war.

Nabih Berri joined the National Unity government as minister of state for South Lebanon and reconstruction under Prime Minister Rashid Karami in May 1984.

Nabih Berri served as the minister of housing and co-operatives.

Nabih Berri served as a cabinet minister from 1984 to 1992:.

Nabih Berri headed the list of "Liberation" in the parliamentary elections that took place in southern Lebanon on 6 September 1992, which was won in full.

Nabih Berri headed the list of "Resistance and Development" in the parliamentary elections that took place in southern Lebanon on 3 September 2000, which was won in full.

Nabih Berri headed the list of Liberation and Development in the parliamentary elections which took place in June 2005, which was won in full.

Speaker Nabih Berri was always and is still a major supporter of the dialogue between all Lebanese parties, religions and sects.

Nabih Berri was elected Speaker of the parliament of Lebanon for the first time on 20 October 1992.

Nabih Berri was re-elected for a second time on 22 October 1996.

Nabih Berri was elected to the same post on 17 October 2000 unanimously, on 28 June 2005, on 25 June 2009, and on 23 May 2018.

Nabih Berri was elected president of the Council of the Parliamentary Union of the Member States.

On 9 March 2004, Nabih Berri was elected President of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States in Dakar-Senegal until 9 March 2006.

Since 1993, Nabih Berri has chaired the Union of Parliamentarians of Lebanese Descent, including 156 members of parliament and senators from 19 countries.

Nabih Berri has married twice and he has six children with Lila, his first wife, and four with his second wife, Randa Assi Nabih Berri.