Raya al-Hassan is the prime minister of the interior of the Arab world and Ndi al-Bustani for energy.

Raya al-Hassan is the prime minister of the interior of the Arab world and Ndi al-Bustani for energy.

4 women in government for the first time in the history of Lebanon

Raya Al Hassan – May Chidiac – Nada Bustani – Violet Safadi

Beirut: Paula Atsih

Lebanese women have made a leap forward in government representation, with their parliamentary representation recently limited to 6 out of 127. For the first time in the history of Lebanon, 4 women were placed in government ministries, 2 of which were women. "Dasima". . Raya al-Hassan, whom Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri called the Ministry of the Interior, became the first Arab woman to hold the post. From 2009 to 2011, she succeeded the Ministry of Finance, making her the first woman to occupy two "sovereign" ministries.
"I am proud of the first woman minister of the interior of the Arab world, proud of her future and Lebanon," said Hariri after announcing the formation of his government, which lasted nine months. Hariri has long been seriously involved in women's participation in power and he had hoped earlier that a Lebanese would soon be prime minister.
Sources close to Hariri told Asharq Al-Awsat that he had decided to appoint Raya al-Hassan for the interior because he wanted to empower women first, because it was high efficiency, and this has proven itself in finance, and it's a key framework in the fight against corruption and customers, the North represents the best representation, knows how to choose his team and has the skill and the necessary expertise.
In addition to Al-Hassan, Nada al-Bustani, nicknamed the "strong Lebanon" led by Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, has called on the Ministry of Energy, one of the most prominent ministries of the country. new government, to focus on the resolution of the electricity crisis, which is a priority for all political forces. A reference in the oil sector, especially that Lebanon is expected to begin in the coming years of extraction. The gardener was well prepared for her new assignment as Interim Government Minister of Energy and Water, Cesar Abi Khalil, and coordinator of the Water and Water Advisory Committee over the past period. , a leading activist of the Free Patriotic Movement.
The third minister is Media Mi Chidiac, whom the leader of the Lebanese Forces Party, Samir Geagea, nicknamed the "living martyr", described as having been assassinated in 2005, resulting in serious injuries. Chidiac is considered a hawkish minister because of his strong opposition to Hezbollah and the Syrian regime, which accuses its leaders of trying to assassinate him.
Violet Al Safadi, the Minister's wife and former MP Mohammed Safadi, was the state minister in charge of the economic empowerment of young people and women. Al-Safidi has held several positions, but the appointment of her ministry at the beginning of the state ministry for the economic rehabilitation of young people and women has provoked discontent among Lebanese women, which necessitated the replacement of her name. at the request of the National Commission for the Status of Women.
Women's representation in the previous government was limited to one minister, Eina Ezzeddin, appointed Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, and women's representation in recent years was limited to one or two ministers.
Linda Matar, WTA member, believes that the presence of four women in the new government is very good and a promising start, hoping that the good woman will be placed in the good ministry and not her minister because her husband or father on is. "We should give them a grace period to judge their performance," she told Asharq Al-Awsat. "We should not fight these women, but we should support them to succeed in the tasks entrusted to them," she said. Women with a view to adopting government equality.
The number of candidates in the parliamentary elections of 2018 after the close of the appointment of 111 women, an unprecedented figure in the history of Lebanon, although the proportion of male candidates far exceeds the proportion of women, registering the nomination of 976. Only six women managed to enter the House of Representatives.

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