On Monday, 15 June 2009 Fouad Makhzoumi, Chairman National Dialogue Party of Lebanon; Chairman, Future Pipe Group, spoke on ‘The Implications of the Parliamentary Elections in Lebanon’.
With a political system as divided and complex as its recent history, the success and outcomes of the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Lebanon will serve as a key indicator to its future stability and progress. Fouad Makhzoumi presented a timely analysis on the outcomes and implications of these elections, which took place on 7th June, and discussed the role of Lebanon in regional diplomatic initiatives involving Syria, Israel and the United States. A 30-45 minute question and answer session followed his lecture.
Fouad Makhzoumi is Chairman and founder of the National Dialogue Party of Lebanon, established in 2004 as an independent political party committed to democracy and electoral reform. He is also Chairman of both Future Pipe Group and Future Management Holdings. Mr Makhzoumi is a leader in charity and philanthropy in Lebanon as Founder and Honorary Chairman of the Makhzoumi Foundation, established in 1997. From 1995 until 1998 he acted as Vice Chairman of the Institute for Social and Economic Policy in the Middle East at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and has been a member of the International Board of the US Council on Foreign Relations: US/Middle East Project since 1996. In 2008 he became a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
The lecture was chaired by Dr John Chipman CMG, Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS and took place on the Fifth Floor at Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3D.
