Manal Abdel Samad
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Manal Abdel Samad | |
|---|---|
| منال عبد الصمد | |
| Minister of Information | |
| In office 21 January 2020 – 10 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Hassan Diab |
| Preceded by | Jamal Jarrah |
| Succeeded by | George Kurdahi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 March 1975 |
| Party | Independent |
| Alma mater | American University of Beirut University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne |
Manal Abdel Samad (Arabic: منال عبد الصمد; 28 March 1975[1]) is a Lebanese politician who held the position of the Minister of Information in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister Hassan Diab in the year 2020.
From the year 2004 until the year 2009, Manal Abdel Samad studied fiscal laws at the American University of Beirut (AUB), from where she also received her MBA.[2] Then, she pursued her studies to obtain her Ph.D[2] from the Sorbonne University in France, Paris in 2014.
Professional career
In the year 1997, Manal Abdel Samad began her service in the Lebanese Ministry of Finance,[3] in which she was involved in the implementation of a Value-added Tax (VAT) in Lebanon. A few years later, she was promoted to the Head of the Department of Tax Legislation and Policy at the Directorate of VAT.[4] Additionally, she was a lecturer at both the Saint Joseph University (USJ) and the American University of Beirut (AUB).[2]
