Dr. Mazen Soueid is the Chairman General Manager of IDAL. Previously he was the economic advisor to the Lebanese Prime Minister and President of the Productive Sectors Committee of the Economic Social Council of the Lebanese Republic. Dr. Soueid holds a PhD in Economics from Brown University in Providence RI. Earlier in his career he was an economist at Deutsche Bank in London and New York and at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC. Dr. Soueid is also a lecturer in the Economics Department at the American University of Beirut.
The President of the Council of Ministers in Lebanon, HE Mr. Tamam Salam has lauded Mr. Berri’s patronage of the conference especially that he is among the leading officials who give major importance and attention to emigration. HE Mr. Salam emphasized the government’s interest in and support for the conference
أثنى دولة رئيس مجلس الوزراء الأستاذ تمام سلام على رعاية دولة الرئيس بري للمؤتمر لاسيما وأنه في طليعة المسؤولين الذين يولون الاغتراب أهمية كبيرة. وأكد الرئيس سلام إهتمام الحكومة ودعمها للمؤتمر.