About
Creation of the Foundation
Towards the end of 1997, friends of President Fouad Chehab decided to establish a foundation bearing his name. After several meetings held at the residences of Minister Fouad Boutros and Cheikh Michel El Khoury, the articles of association and the internal regulations were drawn up and the association holding the name of ‘The Fouad Chehab Foundation” obtained an authorization from the Ministry of Interior under number 17/AD dated 5/2/1998. The foundation’s main objective is to carry out intellectual and social activities to revive the values that President Chehab believed in and worked for.
The founding members were (in alphabetical order):
Halim Abu Ezzeddine (former ambassador), Nagib Boulos (lawyer), Fouad Boutros (former minister), Georges Frem (former minister), Issam Haidar (former ambassador), Ahmed El Hajj (former ambassador and retired brigadier general), Adel Hamiyeh (former minister), Bassem El Jisr (journalist), Michel El Khoury (former minister), Chafik Muharram, Assaad Rizk (former minister), Charles Rizk (former minister), Youssef Takla (former minister), Rida Wahid (former minister), Sleiman El Zein (former minister).
In February 1998, and in their first meeting, the founders elected a temporary administrative committee for a period of one year which was composed of former minister Fouad Boutros (President), Ahmed El Hajj (Vice-President), Bassem El Jisr (Secretary) and Adel Hamiyeh (Treasurer). A year later, a regular committe was elected for 3 years with ambassador and Brigadier General Ahmed El Hajj as President, staying in this post for four mandates, from 1999 to 2011. Then, Chafik Muharram headed the foundation from March 2011, serving for two mandates until 2017. And Charles Rizk took over for two other mandates from 2017 till 2021.
Adel Hamiyeh was elected in 2021 to head the foundation and was re-elected in October 2024 for a second mandate. The 12 members of the current administrative committee (November 2024 – November 2027) are:
Adel Hamiyeh (President), Ghada El Hajj Fuleihan (Vice-President), Fares Maacaron (Secretary), Hady Nassif (Treasurer), Najib Boulos, Raphael Debbaneh, Nassif Hitti, Ghaleb Mahmassani, Abed El Rahman Al Mawla Al Solh, Nawal Meouchi, Carla Chehab and Faten Hajj Hassan.
Objectives
The main objective of the Foundation is, as stated in the founding statutes, “To carry out intellectual and social activities to revive the values and the principles that President Chehab believed in and worked for”.
Members of the Foundation
The Foundation’s committee visiting President Suleiman – October 2008
List of the members, as per June 2024:
| Nabil Abboud | Issam Haidar | Badri Meouchi |
| Kamel M. El Abdallah | Faten Hajj Hassan | Nawal Meouchi |
| Walid Abu Dayya | Abbas El Halabi | Salim Meouchi |
| Mounir Akl | Rached Hamade | Samir Chafik Muharram |
| Michel Akl | Adel Hamiyeh (President) | Leila Musfi |
| Nael Al Assaad | Julie Hanna | Nicolas Nahhas |
| Fadi Assaf | Antonio El Hashem | Assad Najem |
| Georges Asseily | Riya El Hassan | Alexandre Najjar |
| Abdelsalam Ariss | Zafer El Hassan | Nasser Nasrallah |
| Mahmoud Barazi | Marwan Harb | Michel Nassif |
| Ziad Baroud | Henry Helou | Jean Nassif |
| Issam Bekhdach | Nassif Hitti | Hady Jean Nassif |
| Sami Beidoun | Jihad Ibrahim | Amer Fouad Obeid |
| Najib Boulos | Joe Farid Issa El Khoury | Mahmoud Osman |
| Hisham el Cha’ar | Joe Wadih Issa El Khoury | Sabine Owaiss |
| Rabih El Chaer | Marwan Iskandar | Walid Michel Rahbani |
| Ziad Chebib | Asem Jaber | Charles Rizk (Former President) |
| Riad Chedid | Khaled Kabbani | Antoine Saad |
| Béchir Chehab | Nawaf Kabbara | Ezzat Safi |
| Carla Chehab | Simon Kachar | Constantine Salameh |
| Farid Chehab | Manuel Karajian | Mazen Salha |
| Fouad Walid Chehab | Walid Kassem | Mohamad Sammak |
| Nouhad Choucair | Toufic Kfoury | Antoine El Samra |
| Fady Comair | Rabih Yacoub Khalifeh | Jacques Sarraf |
| Fawzi Dagher | Georges Khayyat | Daoud Sayegh |
| Walid Daouk | Farid El Khazen | Samir Shamma |
| Raphael Debbane | Fouad El Khazen | Abdelrahman A. El Solh |
| Haifa (Badri) El-Hajj | Nazem El Khoury | Fares Antoine Souaid |
| Maha El-Hajj Barazi | Souheil Khoury | Karim Antoine Souaid |
| Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan | Nazem El Khoury | Gebran Soufan |
| Antonio El Hashem | Souheil Khoury | Aref El Yafi |
| Salim Esta | Malaki Khoury | Emile Aref Yehya |
| Mohammad Fawaz | Michel Maayki | Nabil Manuel Younes |
| Neemat Georges Frem | Fares Maacaron | Makram Zaccour |
| Antoine Ghossein | Ghaleb Mahmassani | Jihad El Zein |
| Tania Haddad | Hyam Mallat | |
| Ramzi Hafez | Georges Hyam Mallat |
Deceased members:
| Former and Honorary Presidents: | Gaby Lahoud |
| * Fouad Boutros | Assaad Mkaddem |
| * Ahmed El-Hajj | Sami Minkara |
| Former President: | Khaled Najjar |
| * Chafik Muharram | Raymond Najjar |
| Halim Abu Ezzedine | Assaad Rizk |
| Hassan Awada | Assaad Rizk |
| Rafik Chahine | Talal Salman |
| Georges Frem | Emile Tabet |
| Sana El-Hajj | Youssef Takla |
| Bassem El Jisr | Rida Wahid |
| Samir Kassir | Sleiman El Zein |
