Edmond Gharios

Who is Edmond Gharios?

Edmond Mikhaël Gharios born in Chiyah on February 18, 1958 was Head of the Municipality of Chiyah from May 1998 to December 2008.

He is the son of late Mikhaël Selim Gharios and Salwa Lamaa Lamaa. He has five brothers and one sister. He is also the son-in-law of minister and Parliament Member Michel Murr and the brother-in-law of minister Elias Murr.

The Gharios family is one of the most socially and economically prominent families in Lebanon rooting back their ancestries to the Sheiks Chemor of Kfarhata. Their religion is Maronite Christian and they are of direct legitimate ascendancy of the Christian Ghassanids. Their hometown is Chiyah, a predominantly Christian town located in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut bordered by Haret-Hreik, Ghobeiry, Hadath and Furn-el-chebbak.

Edmond Gharios went to College Notre-Dame de Jamhour for his primary and secondary studies where he graduated in 1976. He joined l’Université Saint-Joseph of Beirut where he got a Bachelor in Business Administration in 1979. He then traveled to Paris and graduated from Paris Dauphine University in 1980 with an MBA.