Nicholas Fattoush
{{Short description|Lebanese politician (born 1943)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| office1 = Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
| primeminister1 = Najib Mikati
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| successor1 =
| term_start1 = June 2011
| term_end1 = February 2014
| office2 = Minister of Tourism
| primeminister2 = Rafik Hariri
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| term_start2 = 31 October 1992
| term_end2 = December 1998
| birth_name = Nicholas Michel Fattoush
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1943}}
| birth_place = Zahlé, Lebanon
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| party = Independent
| alma_mater = {{ubl|Saint Joseph University|Aix-Marseille University}}
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| nationality = Lebanese
| occupation = Lawyer
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Nicholas Fattoush (born 1943) is a Lebanese lawyer and politician who served in various cabinet posts, including minister of tourism. He was also member of the Lebanese Parliament.
Biography
Fattoush was born in Zahlé in 1943.{{cite magazine|title=Singlehood of Lebanese Politicians-Five presidents, eleven ministers and thirteen MPs|url=https://monthlymagazine.com/article-desc_1823_|access-date=14 July 2022|magazine=The Monthly|date=10 December 2015}}{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Lebanon|year=2007|publisher=Publitec Publications|doi=10.1515/9783110945904.476
|edition=19th|url=https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110945904.476|location=Beirut|isbn=978-3-598-07734-0|page=129}} He hails from a Melkite Greek Catholic family. His brother, Pierre, was a businessman who died from COVID-19 in November 2020.{{cite news|title=Businessman Pierre Fattoush|access-date=14 July 2022|work=L'Orient-Le Jour|date=8 November 2020
|url=https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1240053/prominent-zahle-businessman-pierre-fattouche-the-brother-of-former-mp-nicolas-fattouche-has-died-from-covid-19-our-sister-publication-lorient-le-jour-.html}} His other brother, Moussa, is also a businessman.{{cite web| author1=Jacob Boswall|author2=Yasmine Minkara|title=Mountain to Mortar: Lebanon's Concrete Conflicts of Interests|website=Badil|date=12 March 2021|url=https://thebadil.com/investigations/mountain-to-mortar-lebanons-concrete-conflicts-of-interests/|access-date=13 April 2024}}
Nicholas Fattoush obtained a degree in law from Saint Joseph University in 1967 and a master's degree in law from Aix-Marseille University, France, in 1971.
Fattoush began to work as lawyer from 1970. He was a faculty member of his alma mater, Saint Joseph University. His first ministerial appointment was to the first cabinet of Rafik Hariri on 31 October 1992 when he was named as the ministry of tourism.{{cite book|year=2015|author=Ward Vloeberghs|title=Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon. Rafiq Hariri and the politics of sacred space in Beirut|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden; Boston|isbn=9789004307056
|pages=381–382|volume=114|doi=10.1163/9789004307056_010|url=https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004307056_010}} Fattoush held the post until December 1998 in the subsequent cabinets formed by Hariri. In the 1992 elections Fattoush was also elected to the Parliament from Zahlé and won the seat in the following elections from 1996 to 2009. In June 2011 Fattoush was appointed minister of state for parliamentary affairs to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati. He was among the independent members of the cabinet.{{cite book|author=Imad Salamey|author-link=Imad Salamey|title=The Government and Politics of Lebanon|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-01132-1|location=London; New York
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zY9mAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT150|page=150}}
=Views and alliances=
Fattoush was one of the members of the Parliament who opposed the extension of President Émile Lahoud's tenure. He openly declared his opposition at the Parliament in April 2004. Fattoush is a supporter of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.{{cite magazine|author=Ziad K. Abdelnour|issue=4|title=The Fattoush Phenomenon|date=April 2004|volume=6|access-date=14 July 2022
|url=https://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/0404_l1.htm|magazine=Middle East Intelligence Bulletin}}
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Category:20th-century Lebanese lawyers
Category:Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics
Category:Tourism ministers of Lebanon
Category:Independent politicians in Lebanon
Category:Members of the Parliament of Lebanon
Category:Saint Joseph University alumni