Abdul Rahim Mrad

Abdul Rahim Mrad (Arabic: عبد الرحيم مراد) is a Lebanese politician.^[1] He was born in 1942.^[1] A former minister, he is the founder of the Lebanese International University (in 2001).^[1][2] He is the leader of the Union Party.^[3]

Abdul Rahim Mrad meeting with Ilyas Umakhanov, 2015

Born to a Sunni family, he studied Business Administration and Law.^[4] Mourad lived in São Paulo, Brazil^[5] for five years

Mourad was inducted to parliament in 1990, replacing Nazem Qadri.^[4] He was elected to parliament in the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2018, 2022 elections.^[1] He served in a number of ministerial positions: Minister for Professional Education and Technical Training in 1994, Education and Higher Learning in 2000, Minister of State in 2003 and Minister of Defense from 2004 to 2005.^[6][1] He stood as the March 8 Alliance candidate for a Sunni seat in West Bekaa-Rachaya in the 2009 Lebanese general election, obtaining 29,095 votes (45.1%).^[7]