Farid Elias Khazen

Born 1960,[1] Farid el Khazen studied Architecture and Social Sciences at the American University of Beirut from 1977 to 1979.[1] He then received his MA and, subsequently, a PhD in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University , School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in 1987. He also earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Missouri State University . In addition, he briefly studied at Cornell University.[2]

Farid el Khazen had been a professor of Politics and Chairman of the Department of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut.[3][4][5] He was a Member of Lebanese Parliament (2005-2018) and member of the Foreign Affairs and Education and Culture parliamentary committees. He was affiliated with the parliamentary coalition headed by General Michel Aoun until April 2018.[6] He did not run in the 2018 election. He received about 53% of the vote in his district (Keserwan) in the general election of 2009,[7] and 60% of the vote in the general election of 2005.[8] He makes regular media appearances, discussing a variety of topics.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] In September 2018, Dr. el Khazen was appointed Ambassador of Lebanon to the Holy See and presented his Letters of Credentials to Pope Francis on November 5, 2018 .[1] In March 2021, he received a Papal decoration Knight of the Grand Cross of the Piano Order (of Pius IX) and, prior to that, an award conferred by the Italian Accademia Bonifaciana in February 2020.

He is married, and has three children.[1]

He has written several books, articles, and essays in English and Arabic, including:

• The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon, 1967-1976 (Harvard University Press and I.B.Tauris, 2000)Translated Arabic version (2002). New paperback edition (with a new introduction) published by I.B.Tauris in 2021.
• Parliamentary Elections in Postwar Lebanon: Democracy With No choice (Dar al-Nahar, 2000) - in Arabic.
• Lebanon's Political Parties and the Limit of Democratic Practice (Beirut: LCPS, 2002) - in Arabic.
• The Communal Pact of National Identities: The Making and Politics of the 1943 National Pact (Oxford: Centre for Lebanese Studies, 1991).
• Over 20 articles published in academic journals, in addition to several book chapters.
• Contributed over 200 essays and editorials to Lebanese and Arab dailies (al-Hayat, al-Safir, Al-Nahar) and other media outlets in Europe and the United States.

• el-Khazen website
• Cheikh Farid Elias el Khazen (Profile)
• Farid Elias El Khazen (Tayyar.org)
• His Excellency Deputy Farid Elias Khazen (ArabDecision.org)
• Interview (Arabic)
• Farid with Abdel Latif el-Zein (Image)
• Why Farid El Khazen should be next