Zaki Mazboudi
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Zaki Mazboudi (Arabic: زكي مزبودي; 1920–2000) was a Lebanese politician, lawyer and economist. He served as government minister twice and represented the third constituency of Beirut in the Parliament of Lebanon 1972–1992.
Mazboudi studied at the Faculty of Law at Sorbonne.[1][2] Moreover, he obtained a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris in 1951.[1] Mazboudi worked at the Ministry of Finance between 1948 and 1966.[1] He represented the Lebanese government abroad on multiple occasions; he was a member of Lebanese delegations to the Arab League Economic Council between 1961 and 1965, headed the Lebanese delegation in talks with the French government over a Double Taxation Agreement and in 1963 he negotiated an agreement with the UAR government on Lebanese properties that had been nationalized in Egypt.[1][3] In 1963 he was included in a committee dedicated to study relations between Lebanon and the European Economic Community.[1] In 1964 he co-founded the Development Studies Association along with Charles Rizk and Hassan Saab; an organization that promoted multi-disciplinary approach to planning issues in Lebanon and was active until 1988.[4]
Between 1966 and 1972 he served as the Secretary General of the Agriculture, Industry and Real Estate Development Bank.[1] As of 1965 he served as General Financial Inspector of the Beirut Municipality.[5]
Mazboudi served on the Makassed Board between 1966 and 1973.[6]