Jihad Azour
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Jihad Azour, born in 1966, is a Lebanese Maronite politician. An economist and former student at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, he is the nephew of veteran diplomat and politician Jean Obeid. Azour is associated with the Current for the Future party led by Saad Hariri.
Azour's involvement in government began in 1999, when he served as a consultant to Finance minister Georges Corm on the introduction of a value added tax. He served Corm's successors Rafik Hariri and Fouad Siniora as an adviser, and was promoted to head the section of the Finance ministry responsible for the value added tax.
When Fouad Siniora became Prime Minister in July 2005, he named Azour to replace him as Finance minister. Azour has proposed a number of financial and economic reforms, which are yet to be accepted by the Government.
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