Raya Haffar El Hassan

Raya Haffar El Hassan
ريا الحسن
El Hassan in 2019
Minister of Interior and Municipalities
In office
31 January 2019 – 21 January 2020
Prime MinisterSaad Hariri
Preceded byNohad Machnouk
Succeeded byMohammad Fahmi
Minister of Finance
In office
9 November 2009 – 13 June 2011
Prime MinisterSaad Hariri
Preceded byMohamad Chatah
Succeeded byMohammad Safadi
Personal details
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Tripoli, Lebanon
Political partyFuture Movement
Alma materGeorge Washington University

Raya El Hassan (née Haffar, Arabic: ريا الحسن; born January 1967) is a Lebanese politician who held the office of the interior and municipalities ministry, and the finance ministry. She is the first woman in Lebanon to be appointed to these and equivalent posts in the government.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Special Spot". The Business Year. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Le portefeuille des Finances libanaises passe en mains féminines". Tribune de Geneve (in French). 16 November 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Lebanon aims to build on banking success". Financial Times. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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