Georges Corm
Lebanese economist, historian and politician (1940–2024)
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Georges Corm (Arabic: جورج قرم; 1940 – 14 August 2024) was a Lebanese economist. He served as minister of finance in the government of Salim Hoss from 1998 to 2000.[3]
Georges Corm | |
|---|---|
جورج قرم | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 4 December 1998 – 26 October 2000 | |
| President | Émile Lahoud |
| Prime Minister | Salim El Hoss |
| Preceded by | Rafik Hariri |
| Succeeded by | Fuad Siniora |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1940[1] |
| Died | 14 August 2024 (aged 83–84) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Relatives | Daoud Corm (grandfather) Charles Corm (uncle) |
| Alma mater | Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris Paris University |
| Website | https://georgescorm.com/ |
Life and career
Corm was born to parents of Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian descent.[2] He studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (1958–1961) where he graduated in Public Finance and has also a PhD from Paris University in Constitutional Law (1969).[citation needed]
His books have been translated into several languages. In 2018, he was the recipient of the Prix de l'essai for his work La Nouvelle Question d’Orient.[citation needed]
Select bibliography
- Le Nouveau Gouvernement du Monde (Idéologies, Structures, Contre-Pouvoirs) (La Découverte, 2010)
- L’Europe et le Mythe de l’Occident (La Construction d’une Histoire) (La Découverte, 2009)
- Histoire du Moyen-Orient (De l'Antiquité à nos jours) (La Découverte/Poche, 2007)
- Le Proche-Orient éclaté (1956–2012) (Gallimard/Histoire)
- Orient-Occident, la fracture imaginaire (La découverte, 2002 and 2004)
- L'Europe et l'Orient : de la balkanisation à la libanisation. Histoire d'une modernité inaccomplie (La découverte, 1998, 2001 and 2003)
- Le Liban contemporain. Histoire et société (La découverte, 2003 and 2005)
- Histoire du pluralisme religieux dans le bassin méditerranéen (Geuthner, 1998)
- Le Nouveau Désordre économique mondial (La découverte, 1993)
- La Mue (roman, 1989)
- Le Moyen-Orient (Flammarion/dominos, 1994)
- La Question religieuse au XXIe siècle. Géopolitique et crise de la post-modernité (La découverte, 2006)
- Le nouveau gouvernement du monde – Idéologies, structures, contre-pouvoirs (La découverte, 2010)[citation needed]
