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Ibrahim Kanaan:
Ibrahim Kanaan is currently serving his first term in the Lebanese Parliament representing the El Metn District.
The El Metn District covers a large part of Mount Lebanon. It is to be noted that he was on the top of the winners in 2005 on the list of the Free Patriotic Movement with 56840 votes on the free Patriotic Party list.
Kanaan’s top priorities are remodeling a new modern electoral law which reflects a relatively true representation of the political society in Parliament, creating new jobs and economic opportunities across Lebanon, fighting corruption in public and private sector, lowering the costs of health care, improving the independence of the Judiciary, restructuring the security apparel.
As the Chair of the Youth and Sport Parliamentary Commission, he has an impact on nearly every fact of the life of young and elder people; he is also the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Bloc of the Free Patriotic Movement. He is an elected member of the highest Parliamentary Court and an active member at the Justice and Administration Commission, as well as a member of the Human Right Parliamentary Commission. Besides, he chairs since 2004 the International Legal Affairs Committee at the Beirut Bar Association.
Ibrahim lives in his hometown in El Metn (Lebanon) traveling to London and KSA for his law firm meetings; which since his election has been sensibly reduced. He is married to Tania Saadé, they have two daughters: Maria (14) and Rita (11).
Degrees
1986 / 87 Master Degree in Private International Law – Paris II.
1985 / 86 Bachelor Degree in Lebanese Law – Saint Joseph University.
1985 / 86 Bachelor Degree in French Law –Saint Joseph University.
Professional Activities
1987 / 90 Trainee Lawyer at Minister Chawki Fakhoury Law Firm.
1990 / 91 Practicing at Fontanet Law Firm – Geneva Switzerland (Business Law).
1991 / 98 Middle East Consultant at Elliott & Company Solicitors in England (London - Manchester).
1998 / present Middle East Consultant and International Associate and partner at Kennedys Solicitors in London and KSA.
Active Member in the following International Organizations:
The Beirut Bar Association.
Founder Senior Partner of Kanaan Law Firm (profile attached).
Co-Founder of the British Middle East Law Council with the Law Society of England and Wales (elected Secretary General (Chair) of BMELC in February 1994 at the Law Society).
Founder Member of the Lebanese Center for Legal and Economic Studies in Beirut.
The Euro-American Lawyers Group.
Languages:
Fluent in Arabic, French and English.
Trips:
Middle East, Europe, America, Australia.
Sports:
Tennis, Swimming, Riding.
Political Skills:
Established The Liberation of Lebanon Front – London in 1990.
Contributed in establishing the Lebanese-British Association for civil liberties in Lebanon, that included a number of British MPs among whom a former Minister of Foreign Affairs. A delegation from the Association visited Lebanon on the 7-8-9-10 of April 1996, and participated in a conference entitled: “Democracy in Lebanon: Electoral Law and Election Monitoring” organized by the Lebanese Center of Legal and economic studies chaired by Kanaan. .
Nominated by the Leader of the Free Patriotic movement General Michel Aoun, on the 7th of February as the first FPM candidate for the Maronite seat in the El Metn region for the 2005 Parliamentary Elections.
Member of the High Justice Parliamentary Court Council for Presidents and Ministers.
Member of the Justice and Administration Parliamentary Commission.
Member of the Human Rights Parliamentary Commission.
Chair of the Youth and Sports Parliamentary Commission.
Secretary General of the Reform and Change Parliamentary Bloc led by
General Michel Aoun.
Chair of the International Legal Affairs Committee at the Beirut Bar Association.
A selection of major conferences organized and lectures given:
“Beirut – The Rebirth” (11th,12th and 13th November 1992)
In Beirut in association with the EEC representative’s office and the EALG and the Euro American Lawyers Group headed at the time in the Middle East by Ibrahim Kanaan.
“Lebanon- The Political And Economic Need In The Middle East” (10th and 11th April 1993)
In London in association with the International Arab Paper “Al-Hayat”.
“Redeveloping The Lebanon” (25th, 26th and 27th October 1993)
In London organized by Ibrahim Kanaan in association with the Law Society of England and Wales and the Beirut Bar Association.
“Lebanon Legal Update For Redevelopment And Recovery” (8th, 9th and 10th September 1994)
In Beirut organized by The British Middle East Law Council led by Ibrahim Kanaan in co-operation with The Law Society of England and Wales and 33 law firms from the UK (chaired by both the Presidents of The Law Society of England and Wales and President of the Beirut Bar Association).
Signature of the first “Agreement of Friendship and Co-operation” between The Law Society of England and Wales and the British Middle East Law Council (chaired by Kanaan) on one hand and the Beirut Bar Association on the other on 9th February 1995 in Beirut.
“Lebanon’s Role in Implementing Peace through Transparent Democracy and Full Sovereignty” (14th May 1996)
A lecture given before the Foreign Affairs Committee at the House of Commons in London.
“Lebanon: Rights And Obligations Under International And Public Law” (13th June 1996)
A seminar organized by The British Middle East Law Council and The Lebanese Center for Legal and Economic Studies at University of London.
“A Quarter of a Century of UAE Achievement – Future Legal and Business Trends in the Gulf” (26th and 27th April 1997)
A conference organized by the British Middle East Law Council in Abu-Dhabi in association with The Law Society of England and Wales.
“ The UN And The Middle East Peace Process” (20th October 1998)
A lecture given before the University of Liverpool at the Faculty of Law.
Participating in several International Legal Conferences (Stockholm, Berlin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Paris and Chicago).
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