Jihad Azour جهاد أزعور | |
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Minister of Finance | |
In office 19 July 2005 – 11 July 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Fouad Saniora |
Preceded by | Damianos Kattar |
Succeeded by | Mohamad Chatah |
Personal details | |
Born | Byblos, Lebanon | 4 May 1966
Spouse | Rola Rizk Azour |
Children | Jad Azour, Karim Azour |
Alma mater | Institut 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.