Issam Abu Jamra

Issam Abu Jamra
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
11 July 2008 – November 2009
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora
Succeeded by Elias Murr
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
22 September 1988 – 13 October 1990
Prime Minister Michel Aoun
Personal details
Born (1937-02-06) 6 February 1937
Al Kfeir, Hasbeya, Lebanon
Nationality Lebanese
Political party (formerly) Free Patriotic Movement
Alma mater Lebanese University
Religion Christianity
Military service
Rank Major General

Issam Abu Jamra (born 6 February 1937) is a retired Lebanese major general and a politician, who served as deputy prime minister in the cabinets of Michel Aoun and Fouad Siniora. Until 2010, he was part of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM).

Early life and education

Jamra was born in Al Kfeir, Hasbeya, south Lebanon, into a Eastern Orthodox family on 6 February 1937.[1][2] He attended Lebanese army's military academy and graduated as an artillery officer in 1959.[1] In addition, he obtained a bachelor's degree in law from Lebanese University in 1984.[1]

Career

Abu Jamra began his career in Lebanese army in 1956.[1] After serving in different positions in the army and defense ministry, he was appointed deputy prime minister to the interim military government under Michel Aoun on 22 September 1988 and was in office until 13 October 1990.[3] He also served as minister of telecommunications and minister of economy from 22 April 1988 to 25 November 1989.[4][5] He replaced Georges Saadeh as telecommunications minister. Jamra was succeeded by Joseph El Hachem in the post.[4] Jamra became major general in 1990.[3]

He was appointed deputy prime minister to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on 11 July 2008.[6][7] He was part of the oppositional share in the cabinet.[8] He was FPM's candidate for Beirut's first district in the parliament elections held in June 2009.[9] However, he lost his seat.[10][11]

FPM and exile

Jamra is one of the founders of the FPM and was a parliament member from the party.[12] In 1990, he was exiled to France with Aoun after the latter headed the interim government.[2] They left Lebanon on 30 August 1990, and went first to Larnaca and then to France.[13] France granted them and their families asylum.[14] They both returned to Lebanon on 7 May 2005 after fifteen years in exile.[15][16]

Although Jamra was a close aide of Aoun,[17] he left the party in 2010.[12]

Personal life

Jamra's spouse died in France where they were living in the 1990s.[18] He has four sons.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abu Jamra". Canadanian Lebanese Coordinating Council. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Profiles: Lebanon's new government". Lebanonwire. 12 July 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 Nassif, Daniel (April 2000). "Interview: Former Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abou Jamra". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 2 (4). Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Former ministers". Ministry of Telecommunications. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Former Ministers". Ministry of Economy and Trade. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Lebanon's 'unity cabinet' announced". Ya Libnan. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Meet the government". Now Lebanon. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "Lebanon's new government lineup". Lebanonwire. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Close Race Likely in Beirut First District". Wikileaks. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  10. ↑ Abdel Kader, Nizar (13 June 2009). "Lebanon: Prospects for a new government". Lebanonwire. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  11. ↑ Moubayed, Sami (9 June 2009). "Hezbollah handed a stinging defeat". Asia Times Online. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  12. 1 2 "Abu Jamra accuses Bassil of corruption". The Daily Star. Beirut. 4 December 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  13. ↑ Greenhouse, Steven (30 August 1990). "Lebanese General Is Spirited to France". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  14. ↑ Salam, Mohammad (20 October 1990). "Aoun's family flies to France". Associated Press. Beirut. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  15. ↑ "Prominent Christian leader Aoun returns to Lebanon from exile". Haaretz. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  16. ↑ "Former PM returns after 15 year exile". Albawaba. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  17. ↑ Hijazi, Ihsan A. (4 December 1989). "Lebanese General's Allies Confer". The New York Times. p. 16.
  18. 1 2 "Lebanon: New Deputy PM Says Aoun Interested n Relations with Sunnis". Wikileaks. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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