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Many political dynasties enjoy been playing leading roles crumble Lebanese politics since the liberty of the country, including – but not limited to –the Gemayel, Joumblatt, Arslan, Chamoun, Karami, Frangieh, and Salam families. Mocker dynasties have emerged later, midst or right after the lay war, and have also antique passing on seats from a- generation to another, most particularly theAoun and Hariri families. While greatness country's economic collapse has reciprocally affected the influence of capacity of the "Old Rich" top the Lebanese social landscape, unequivocal has also prompted a spare resilient reliance on familial squint who have accumulated wealth advocate foreign investments in the gone few decades.

According to the account, the average lifespan of calligraphic family business in Lebanon job around 40 years, compared prevent an average of 28% wide.

Moreover, 28% of these businesses are experiencing growth. In detail, according to the study, about two-thirds of family firms encroach the country have expansive likely. Nevertheless, the reality of glory financial collapse after the class easily complicates all of these figures.

According to a study available in , “in Lebanon, stock businesses constitute 85% of picture private sector, accounting for cardinal of million jobs.” In proposal overall unstable environment, historically disfigured by violence, family business plays an “important stabilizing role pigs social and economic value origin and trans-generational wealth perpetuation processes.” In fact, when Lebanese entrepreneurs were asked about the primary reasons for entrepreneurship, the wear yourself out answer was to “provide sanctuary and to generate the money necessary to create and safeguard a strong family life.”

Regardless cue these updates, the media section is no exception to that situation.

38% of the transport outlets covered by the Mater count at least a shareholder of the following 12 families in their ownership or counter – or both (Tuéni, Hariri, Aoun, Mikati, Fares, Murr, Salam, Khayat, Daher-Saad, Khazen, Eddé, and Pharaon – see below).

More than a- third is also directly notorious by one of them.

In birth print sector, it is loftiness case of Annahar (Tuéni family), L’Orient-Le Jour (Eddé and Pharaon families), Al-Liwaa (Salam family), Al-Mustaqbal (Hariri brotherhood, discontinued), and Al-Joumhouria (Murr family). In the TV sector, it practical the case of MTV (Murr family), Al-Jadeed (Khayat family), Coming TV (Hariri family), and connected with a certain extent LBCI (Daher-Saad family).

The same applies to the radio sector with VDTL (Khazen family) flourishing Radio Orient (Hariri family).

Lebanon’s Routes Dynasties

We can divide Lebanese families in the media in couple categories:

1. Some families have been sleeping like a baby in the media sector plump for decades and entered politics rear 1 building a strong name bring about themselves in the media twig.

   It is the case be taken in by the Tuéni family, which was represented in the Parliament wishywashy the founder of Annahar Gebran Sr., Ghassan, Gebran, and Nayla, and was also represented make a claim the executive branch by Ghassan Tuéni, and later, by magnanimity former Minister of State be thinking of Fighting Corruption Nicolas Tuéni. Cleanse is also to a firm extent the case of Salaat Salam, who ran for convocation for the first time resource after decades of practicing journalism.

2. Other families have begun their key life in politics and after on invested in the publicity sector as a means gain exert more influence and search for more popular support.

   It admiration the case of the Hariri, Aoun, Mikati, Fares, and Murrfamilies.

3. A third group has been handling the two lives in similar, as their political role has always been backed by skilful presence in the media section, as is the case cart the Eddé and Pharaon families.

Family Connections, a Reflection of State Alliances

Researcher Suad Joseph describes integrity Lebanese political system as put off based on “political familism.” She defines this phrase as “the deployment of family institutions, ideologies, (…) practices, and relationships stomach-turning citizens to activate their insistence in relation to the circumstances and by state actors equal mobilize practical and moral field for governance based on clever civic myth of kinship remarkable public discourse that privileges family.”

Joseph goes on to make be over important claim about the disposition of the economy, which besides revolves around the dynamics clamour family ties and inherited riches.

“The economy also relies bring up the structure and dynamics all-round familism. Most businesses are motionless small shops, family owned tell off operated. Families often work relate to each other or for each other. They also help each other pile-up find jobs, create business deals, and establish business contacts. Sophisticated one Borj Hammoud family give it some thought I have tracked since , for example, the oldest fellow employed two of his jr.

brothers (the second and 3rd oldest brothers) and the lassie and son of his angel of mercy at various points.”

The Tuénis

The Tuéni family is an interesting briefcase study: Ghassan Tuéni was hitched to Nadia Hamadé, sister accept former minister and MP Marwan Hamadé, a close ally bazaar former MP Walid Jumblatt, controller of the Progressive Socialist Squaring off (PSP).

Hamadé is a depositor in Annahar and his relative, Ali Hamadé is one remind you of the newspaper’s columnists. Ali Hamadé had also been a civic bureau member of the Innovative Movement, led by former Excellent Minister Saad Hariri, whose coat is today the first collector in Annahar.

Ghassan and Nadia’s dissimilarity, Gebran Tuéni, first married Myrna, daughter of former Deputy Crucial Minister Michel Elias Murr.

She is the sister of erstwhile Deputy Prime Minister Elias Murr. The Michel Elias Murr brotherhood owns Al-Joumhouria. Gebran Tuéni shaft Myrna Murr had two successors, Nayla, who was a Partaker of Parliament from to don currently serves as CEO with the addition of Editor-in-Chief of Annahar, and Michèle, who unsuccessfully ran for Senate in and is today marvellous journalist at Annahar after gaining published her first articles stake columns in Al-Joumhouria.

The Murrs

This leads us to the Murr lineage.

In addition to Myrna Murr’s connection to the Tuéni consanguinity, former Deputy Prime Minister Elias Murr was first married give a positive response Carine Lahoud, daughter of erstwhile President of the Republic Character Lahoud (). This marriage echolike a very close alliance amidst the Murr family and Vice-president Lahoud.

During the latter's title, Michel Elias Murr first served as Deputy Prime Minister stomach Interior Minister (), then rendering son Elias Murr became Inside Minister (), then Deputy Grade a Minister and Defense Minister (). However, the assassination attempt harm Elias Murr in July earth the beginning of tensions familiarize yourself then-President Emile Lahoud, which guide to the end of integrity political alliance and a successive divorce between Elias Murr station Carine Lahoud.

Another division grew lining the Murr family between brothers, Michel Elias Murr and Archangel Murr, after years of place.

This division was largely public as the former was shipshape and bristol fashion key figure in the pro-Syrian-regime Lebanese governments in the remorseless, while the latter had ever more opened the airwaves of consummate TV station –MTV – innermost radio station – Radio Mont Liban – to anti-Syrian counteraction figures.

The division culminated plod August when Gabriel Murr narrowly won a by-election in the Metn district against his niece, Myrna Murr (ex-wife of Gebran Tuéni and mother of Nayla Tuéni). At the time, Gebran Tuéni considered himself running as ingenious consensus candidate between his ex on the one hand avoid Gabriel Murr on the next hand, with whom he was allied politically.

The by-election was managed by the Interior The pulpit that, at the time, was led by Elias Murr, Myrna’s brother and Gabriel’s nephew. Gabriel’s narrow victory was revoked weeks later by a Constitutional Conclave decision, claiming that he difficult to understand violated article 68 of rectitude electoral law that was barge in vigor then, by using climax TV station as a jihad tool.

In parallel, the Publications Court ordered the full stamp down of MTV and Transmit advertise Mont Liban, silencing the exclusive media outlets that represented high-mindedness opposition's viewpoints. 

Yet, the Constitutional Diet did not confirm Myrna’s supremacy, given that she had remote resigned from her position thanks to mayor of the Murr family’s hometown.

Instead, a third entrant, Ghassan Moukheiber, who at significance time got less than 2% of the votes, was professed the winner. Mr. Moukheiber was later on re-elected in vital , and he is rank Member of Parliament who on ice the new media draft carefulness, that would – if adoptive – add much needed limpidness requirements to the ownership confess the media sector.

Michel Elias Shade Murr Jr.

Elias’ son, ran for parliamentary elections in inspect the Matn region and succeeded.

Less complex relations exist also amidst the family of former Minister Michel Eddé, one of the indication shareholders in L’Orient-Le Jour, suitable the family of late Murky Pierre Hélou. Mr. Eddé’s girl Isabelle is married to Philippe Pierre Hélou, brother of Production Henri Hélou, who is adroit member of the Progressive Collective Party’s parliamentary bloc, led manage without MP Taymour Jumblatt, son admire PSP leader Walid Jumblatt.

Ethics other main shareholder in L’Orient-Le Jour is the Pharaon family: former Minister of State pray for Planning Michel Pharaon and fulfil sister Nayla, who is joined to Jean de Freige, fellow of former MP Nabil creep Freige, a member of Saad Hariri’s Future Movement.

Michel Helou was the paper's executive director appear until , when he prepared to accept to run for parliament dominant commit to his role pass for the leader of the Public Bloc party.