Georges Corm
{{Short description|Lebanese economist, historian and politician (1940–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Minister of Finance
| term_start = 4 December 1998
| term_end = 26 October 2000
| president = Émile Lahoud
| primeminister = Salim El Hoss
| predecessor = Rafik Hariri
| successor = Fuad Siniora
| party =
| birth_place = Alexandria, Kingdom of Egypt
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|8|14|1940|||df=y}}
| death_place = Beirut, Lebanon
| nationality = Lebanese
| relatives = Daoud Corm (grandfather)
Charles Corm (uncle)
| alma_mater = Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
Paris University
| website = https://georgescorm.com/
| native_name = {{nobold|جورج قرم}}
| native_name_lang = ar
}}
Georges Corm ({{Langx|ar|جورج قرم}};{{ltr}} 1940 – 14 August 2024) was a Lebanese economist. He served as minister of finance in the government of Salim Hoss from 1998 to 2000.{{Cite web|url=http://www.finance.gov.lb/en-us/About/Minister/Pages/Former-Ministers.aspx|title=Former Ministers|date=18 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218051220/http://www.finance.gov.lb/en-us/About/Minister/Pages/Former-Ministers.aspx|archive-date=18 December 2019}}
Life and career
Corm was born to parents of Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian descent.{{Cite web |last=Yégavian |first=Tigrane |date=21 June 2020 |title=Entretien avec Georges Corm. "Nous vivons en enfer depuis 1956" |url=https://www.revueconflits.com/georges-corm-moyen-orient-syrie-arabes/ |access-date=18 December 2023 |website=Conflits : Revue de Géopolitique |language=fr-FR}} He studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (1958–1961) where he graduated in Public Finance and has also a PhD from Paris University in Constitutional Law (1969).{{fact|date=October 2024}}
His books have been translated into several languages. In 2018, he was the recipient of the Prix de l'essai for his work La Nouvelle Question d’Orient.{{fact|date=October 2024}}
Corm died in Beirut on 14 August 2024, at the age of 84.[https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1423827/lhistorien-et-ancien-ministre-georges-corm-nest-plus.html L'historien et ancien ministre Georges Corm n'est plus] {{in lang|fr}}
Select bibliography
- Le Nouveau Gouvernement du Monde (Idéologies, Structures, Contre-Pouvoirs) (La Découverte, 2010)
- L’Europe et le Mythe de l’Occident (La Construction d’une Histoire) (La Découverte, 2009)
- Histoire du Moyen-Orient (De l'Antiquité à nos jours) (La Découverte/Poche, 2007)
- Le Proche-Orient éclaté (1956–2012) (Gallimard/Histoire)
- Orient-Occident, la fracture imaginaire (La découverte, 2002 and 2004)
- L'Europe et l'Orient : de la balkanisation à la libanisation. Histoire d'une modernité inaccomplie (La découverte, 1998, 2001 and 2003)
- Le Liban contemporain. Histoire et société (La découverte, 2003 and 2005)
- Histoire du pluralisme religieux dans le bassin méditerranéen (Geuthner, 1998)
- Le Nouveau Désordre économique mondial (La découverte, 1993)
- La Mue (roman, 1989)
- Le Moyen-Orient (Flammarion/dominos, 1994)
- La Question religieuse au XXIe siècle. Géopolitique et crise de la post-modernité (La découverte, 2006)
- Le nouveau gouvernement du monde – Idéologies, structures, contre-pouvoirs (La découverte, 2010){{fact|date=October 2024}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.georgescorm.com/ Corm's personal website]
- [http://www.institutdesfinances.gov.lb/publication/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a8-%d8%a5%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a3%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%a9-%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%ab-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a9/ The Public Budget: An instrument for State Modernization] published in Assadissa-Journal of Public Finance and State Modernization by the [http://www.institutdesfinances.gov.lb/ Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan]
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Category:20th-century Lebanese historians
Category:20th-century Lebanese writers
Category:21st-century Lebanese historians
Category:Finance ministers of Lebanon
Category:Lebanese expatriates in France
Category:Academic staff of Saint Joseph University
Category:Lebanese Arab nationalists
Category:Lebanese people of Syrian descent
Category:Lebanese people of Palestinian descent
Category:People from Bint Jbeil District
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