Jihad Azour

Jihad Azour
جهاد أزعور
Jihad Azour in 2017
Jihad Azour in 2017
Minister of Finance
In office
19 July 2005 – 11 July 2008
Prime MinisterFouad Saniora
Preceded byDamianos Kattar
Succeeded byMohamad Chatah
Personal details
Born (1966-05-04) 4 May 1966 (age 58)
Byblos, Lebanon
SpouseRola Rizk Azour
ChildrenJad Azour, Karim Azour
Alma materInstitut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris Paris Dauphine University

Jihad Azour (Arabic: جهاد أزعور; born 4 May 1966) is a Lebanese economist and politician who served as Lebanon's minister of finance under Fouad Saniora's government from 2005 to 2008.[1] He was a candidate for the 2023 Presidential Elections in Lebanon. Jihad Azour is a Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Légion d'honneur. Azour is an academic writer, speaker and teacher.

  1. ^ "Former Ministers". 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.