Emile Lahoud Jr.
{{short description|Lebanese politician and swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
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|name = Emile Lahoud
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|birth_name = Emile Emile Lahoud
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|1|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = Baabdat, Lebanon
|nationality = Lebanese
|alma_mater = Lebanese American University
|occupation = Politician and businessman
|years_active = 2000-present
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|spouse = Sabine Tanbourgi (m. 2002)
|children = Emile
Emma
Maher
|parents = Emile Lahoud
Andrée Amadouni
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|website = [http://www.emilelahoud.org Official Website]
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Emile Lahoud Jr., more commonly Emile Emile Lahoud, (born 21 January 1975) is a Lebanese politician and businessman.
Early life
Emile Lahoud Jr. was born in Baabdat, Lebanon on 21 January 1975.{{cite web|title=Emile Emile Lahoud|url=http://www.fanoos.com/society/emile_emile_lahoud.html|publisher=Fanoos|accessdate=13 June 2012}} He is the eldest son of former Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and Andree Amadoni.
Education
Emile Lahoud Jr. completed secondary education at International College in Beirut. He then enrolled at Notre Dame University (NDU). However, he transferred to the Lebanese American University (LAU) in 1993 where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in business marketing in 1997. Next, he began to study politics, international relations, economics, and social affairs at the graduate program of International Affairs at LAU. He received a master's degree there in 1999.{{cite web|title=Biography |url=http://www.emilelahoud.org/biography.php |publisher=Emile Lahoud |access-date=13 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502053350/http://www.emilelahoud.org/biography.php |archive-date= 2 May 2011 |df=dmy }}
Career
Emile Lahoud Jr. founded L and R communications, a media company, in 1999. He was elected as the deputy of Metn in August 2000 in the general elections.{{cite news|title=Opposition Candidates Win Elections|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/LEBANON+-+Sept.+3+-+Opposition+Candidates+Win+Elections.-a073739331|accessdate=10 March 2013|work=APS Diplomat Recorder|date=9 September 2000}}{{cite journal|last=Yehia|first=Ranwa|title=A lighter Syrian shadow|journal=Al Ahram|date=31 August – 6 September 2000|volume=497|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/497/re4.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021223092442/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/497/re4.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-12-23|access-date=15 April 2013}} He was part of the list headed by then minister of interior Michel Murr,{{cite book|title=Arab Elites: Negotiating the Politics of Change|year=2004|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QkiAmnyuUsMC&pg=PA239|author=Rola el Husseini|editor=Volker Perthes|chapter=Lebanon: Building political dynasties|isbn=9781588262660 }} and his election campaign was managed by Elias Murr. This caused the protests by rival candidates led by then Lebanon President Emile Lahoud's first cousin, Nassib Lahoud. In 2000, he attended a memorial service for the late President-elect Bashir Gemayel. His participation in the ceremony was reported to make upset Syrian authorities.{{cite journal|title=Damascus concerned about Lahoud Jr.|journal=Middle East Intelligence Bulletin|date=January 2001|volume=3|issue=1|url=http://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/0101_lb.htm|accessdate=30 June 2012}} Emile Lahoud Jr. did not take part in the 2005 general elections.{{cite news|title=Son of Lebanon leader won't run|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2005/05/23/Son-of-Lebanon-leader-wont-run/UPI-56811116854992/|accessdate=30 June 2012|newspaper=UPI |date=23 May 2005}}
He extended his company, L and R communications, to Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria in 2006. It is argued that he monopolized the advertising market.{{cite web|title=Lebanon under direct Syrian control |url=http://www.generalaoun.org/flash02.html |publisher=General Aoun |access-date=30 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002328/http://www.generalaoun.org/flash02.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy }}
Personal life
Lahoud married Sabine Tanbourgi, daughter of Gilbert Tanbourgi in September 2002.{{cite news|title=President's son gets married|url=http://www.lebanonwire.com/0209/02090915DS.asp|accessdate=30 June 2012|newspaper=Lebanon Wire|date=9 September 2002}} He has two children, Emile and Emma. He is a swimmer and participated in 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympic Games.{{cite web|title=Émile Lahoud|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/emile-lahoud-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010330/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/emile-lahoud-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|work=SR. Olympic Games|accessdate=14 June 2012}}
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Category:Children of presidents of Lebanon
Category:Lebanese corporate directors
Category:Lebanese American University alumni
Category:21st-century Lebanese businesspeople
Category:Lebanese people of Armenian descent
Category:Lebanese male swimmers
Category:Members of the Parliament of Lebanon
Category:Olympic swimmers for Lebanon
Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 1990 Asian Games