Farid Habib is a Lebanese

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 politician and a member of the Lebanese Forces

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 party. He has been an MP

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 in the Lebanese Parliament as a representative of Koura

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 district since the 2005 legislative elections

Lebanese general election, 2005

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. He was one of the two Lebanese Forces representatives in Qornet Shehwan Gathering

Qornet Shehwan Gathering

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, along with Eddy Abi Lamaa.
Habib is married to Mary Fayad and has two children: Lara and Ziad.

Early life and career

Habib was born to a Greek Orthodox family from Kousba. He attended Tripoli Evangelical High School and graduated from the American University of Beirut

American University of Beirut

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 in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in Literature.

From 1956 to 1963, he worked as an assistant for the Public Relations

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 manager of The Trans-Arabian Pipeline Company (TAPLINE). He also held the position of staff trainer during this period. From 1963 to 1976, he was the assistant of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

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's Consul at the Consulate in Lebanon.

Political background

He began his political activity in Kataeb Party

Kataeb Party

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 when he was in high school and remained unofficially active while in college. He officially joined the party in 1976 with the breakdown of the civil war

Lebanese Civil War

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