Michel Moussa


Michel Moussa is a Lebanese politician and medical doctor.

Early life

Michel Moussa was born in Maghdouche, Lebanon in 1949 to a Christian Greek Catholic family.

Education and career

Michel Moussa graduated from University of Montpellier as a Cardiologist in 1980.
In 1992 Moussa was elected as member of the Lebanese Parliament for the Greek Catholic seat, in Zahrani, southern Lebanon and was reelected for this seat in the years 1996, 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2018.
He currently heads the Parliamentary commission for Human Rights and is a member of the Foreign Affairs Parliamentary commission.
Moussa was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs under Prime minister Salim Hoss in 1998, Minister of Environment under Prime Minister Rafic Hariri in 2000 and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs again under Hariri in 2004.

Personal life

Michel Moussa is married to Jeanine Abou Khalil and has two children, Sary and Bassam.