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Jihad Azour, the Glossary

Jihad Azour (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]

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Finance ministers of Lebanon
Lebanese economists

American University of Beirut

The American University of Beirut (AUB; al-Jāmiʿa l-Amērkiyya fī Bayrūt) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon.

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An-Nahar

An-Nahar (lit) is a leading Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Lebanon.

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Applied economics

Applied economics is the application of economic theory and econometrics in specific settings.

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Bechara Boutros Al-Ra'i (or Raï; Mor Bişâre Butrus er-Râî; ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܒܫܐܪܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܐܠܪܐܥܝ; Béchara Petrus Raï) (born 25 February 1940) is the 77th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Maronite Church, a position he has held since 15 March 2011, succeeding Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. Jihad Azour and Bechara Boutros al-Rahi are Lebanese Maronites.

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Beirut Stock Exchange

The Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE, Arabic: بورصة بيروت) is the principal and only stock exchange of Lebanon.

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Byblos

Byblos (Βύβλος), also known as Jebeil, Jbeil or Jubayl (Jubayl, locally Jbeil; 𐤂𐤁𐤋,, probably Gebal), is an ancient city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon.

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Cadastre

A cadastre or cadaster is a comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes-and-bounds of a country.

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Damianos Kattar

Damianos Kattar (born 1960) is a Lebanese economist and academic who served as the Minister of Finance and Economy in 2005 as well as the Minister of Environment and Administrative Reform in 2020. Jihad Azour and Damianos Kattar are Lebanese economists.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Economist

An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social science discipline of economics.

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Emerging market

An emerging market (or an emerging country or an emerging economy) is a market that has some characteristics of a developed market, but does not fully meet its standards.

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Fellow

A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context.

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Fouad Siniora

Fouad Siniora (translit; born 19 July 1943) is a Lebanese politician, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon, a position he held from 19 July 2005 to 25 May 2008. Jihad Azour and Fouad Siniora are finance ministers of Lebanon.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Free Patriotic Movement

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Georges Corm

Georges Corm (born 1940) is a Lebanese economist. Jihad Azour and Georges Corm are finance ministers of Lebanon, Lebanese Maronites and Lebanese economists.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques

The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques), abbreviated INSEE or Insee, is the national statistics bureau of France.

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International finance

International finance (also referred to as international monetary economics or international macroeconomics) is the branch of financial economics broadly concerned with monetary and macroeconomic interrelations between two or more countries.

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International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.

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Jean Obeid

Jean Obeid (جان عبيد; 8 May 19398 February 2021) was a Lebanese lawyer, journalist and politician, who served in different cabinet posts, the last of which was foreign minister of Lebanon from 2003 to 2004. Jihad Azour and Jean Obeid are Lebanese Maronites.

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Kataeb Party

The Kataeb Party, officially the Kataeb Party – Lebanese Social Democratic Party (حزب الكتائب اللبنانية - الحزب الديمقراطي الاجتماعي اللبناني), also known as the Phalanges, is a right-wing Christian political party in Lebanon founded by Pierre Gemayel in 1936.

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Le Monde

Le Monde (The World) is a French daily afternoon newspaper.

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Lebanese American University

The Lebanese American University (LAU; الجامعة اللبنانية الأميركية) is a secular private American university in Beirut and Byblos, Lebanon.

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Lebanese Forces

The Lebanese Forces (القوات اللبنانية) is a Lebanese Christian-based political party and former militia during the Lebanese Civil War.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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Maronite Church

The Maronite Church (لكنيسة المارونية‎; ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܡܪܘܢܝܬܐ) is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

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Master's degree

A master's degree (from Latin) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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McKinsey & Company

McKinsey & Company (informally McKinsey or McK) is an American multinational strategy and management consulting firm that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Michel Aoun

Michel Naim Aoun (ميشال نعيمعون,; born 30 September 1933) is a Lebanese politician and former military general who served as the President of Lebanon from 31 October 2016 until 30 October 2022.

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Ministry of Finance (Lebanon)

The Ministry of Finance (MOF; وزارة المالية) is a ministry of the government of Lebanon.

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Mohamad Chatah

Mohamad Chatah (محمد شطح; 7 March 1951 – 27 December 2013) was a Lebanese economist and diplomat. Jihad Azour and Mohamad Chatah are finance ministers of Lebanon.

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Nabih Berri

Nabih Mustafa Berri (translit; born 28 January 1938) is a Lebanese politician who has been serving as Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon since 1992.

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Paris Dauphine University

Paris Dauphine University - PSL (Université Paris Dauphine - PSL) is a Grande École and public institution of higher education and research based in Paris, France, constituent college of PSL University.

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Politician

A politician is a person who has political power in the government of a state, a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government.

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Postdoctoral researcher

A postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral researcher, or simply postdoc, is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD).

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Postgraduate education

Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree.

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The Progressive Socialist Party (translit) is a Lebanese political party.

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PwC

PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited is a multinational professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand.

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Saint-Gobain

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris and headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, at La Défense and in Courbevoie.

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Sciences Po

Sciences Po or Sciences Po Paris, also known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Institut d'études politiques de Paris), is a private and public research university located in Paris, France, that holds the status of grande école and the legal status of.

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Speaker (politics)

The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair.

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Strategy&

Strategy& is the strategy consulting business unit of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the Big Four professional service firms.

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The Daily Star (Lebanon)

The Daily Star was an English-language newspaper in Lebanon which was distributed across the Middle East.

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Think tank

A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture.

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Transparency International

Transparency International e.V. (TI) is a German registered association founded in 1993 by former employees of the World Bank.

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United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.

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United Nations Public Service Awards

The United Nations (UN) Public Service Award is the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service.

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Value-added tax

A value-added tax (VAT or goods and services tax (GST), general consumption tax (GCT)), is a consumption tax that is levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution.

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Venture capital

Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that have been deemed to have high growth potential or that have demonstrated high growth in terms of number of employees, annual revenue, scale of operations, etc.

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World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.

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World economy

The world economy or global economy is the economy of all humans in the world, referring to the global economic system, which includes all economic activities conducted both within and between nations, including production, consumption, economic management, work in general, financial transactions and trade of goods and services.

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2020 Beirut explosion

On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.

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2022–2024 Lebanese presidential election

The 2022–2024 Lebanese presidential election is an ongoing indirect election to elect the president of Lebanon following the expiration of term-limited incumbent Michel Aoun's mandate on 31 October 2022.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad_Azour

, Value-added tax, Venture capital, World Bank, World economy, 2020 Beirut explosion, 2022–2024 Lebanese presidential election.

Jihad Azour, the Glossary

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See also

Finance ministers of Lebanon

Lebanese economists

References