Antoine Haddad

Who is Antoine Haddad?

Antoine Haddad is a Lebanese politician. He is a founding member and the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Renewal Movement since 2001. DRM was headed by Nassib Lahoud who was former Ambassador to Washington, former Lebanese legislator, former presidential candidate on behalf of March 14 Alliance till November 2007, and former minister. Dr. Haddad was the director of Nassib Lahoud’s presidential campaign. .

Up until 2009, Dr. Haddad was also a member of the General Secretariat of the March 14 Alliance. The General Secretariat, composed of 8 members, is the executive body of March 14 Coalition

Through the 90’s, Dr. Haddad contributed to the empowering of civil society in Lebanon and to several advocacy campaigns. In 1995 he cofounded the Lebanese Association of Democratic Elections, a non-partisan association aiming to promote electoral reform, defend democratic standards and monitor elections. He is also member of the launching committee of the Civil Campaign for Municipal Elections in 1997. The campaign lead the government one year later to hold the first local elections since 1963.