Political Career
In 1992, she was elected as member of Parliament for the Sunni seat in Saida. She was reelected in 1996 and 2000 for the same seat. On 14 February 2005, her brother, Rafik Hariri, was assassinated. From July 2008 to November 2009, she was the Minister of Education and Higher Education.
She was again elected to Parliament in June 2009. She currently heads the Parliamentary Commission for Education and Culture in the Lebanese Parliament, in addition to being member of the Parliamentary Commission for Foreign and Immigration Affairs. in addition to being the vice-president of the commission for Women at the inter-parliamentary Arab Union(UNESCO,2012) She'salso the president of the administrative council of the Hariri-Saida foundation.
She is also a goodwill ambassador for UNESCO, and heads the Islamic Organization for Higher Education. She also serves on the Advisory Council of World Links Arab Region.(IWSAW,2012)
She Has also launched the appeals from Kuwait, Tunis, Algiers and Beirut between 1999 and 2000 to support the establishment of a "Day of the Arab woman" and a "Permanent Summit of the Arab Woman" (UNESCO,2012)
Since 1992, Hariri has been member of the board of trustees of the Lebanese American University.
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