Bishara Merhej
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Prime MinisterRafik Hariri
Prime MinisterRafik Hariri
Preceded byShahé Barsoumian
Prime MinisterRafik Hariri
Bishara Merhej | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State for Administrative Reform | |
| In office 7 November 1996 – 4 December 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Rafik Hariri |
| Minister of State | |
| In office 2 September 1994 – 25 May 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Rafik Hariri |
| Preceded by | Shahé Barsoumian |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 31 October 1992 – 2 September 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Rafik Hariri |
| Succeeded by | Michel Murr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bishara Jamil Merhej 1946 (age 79–80) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Party | Al Baath Arab Socialist Party (until 1973) |
| Spouse | Wali Grote |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | American University of Beirut |
Bishara Merhej (born 1946) is a Lebanese journalist and politician who held various cabinet posts, including minister of interior. He also served at the Lebanese parliament in the 1990s.
Merhej was born in Beirut in 1946.[1] He hails from a Greek Orthodox family.[2] His parents were Jamil Merhej and Salma Matar Rahbani.[3]
Merhej obtained a degree in economics from the American University of Beirut in 1967.[1][3]