Ziad Abs

Ziad Abs (زياد عبس)
Personal details
Born	Ziad Raymond Abs (1972-08-02) August 2, 1972 (age 52) Beirut, Lebanon
Political party	FPM until he was expelled in 2016
Spouse	Aline Germani Abs ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	Jad Reem
Alma mater	CTI[1] AUB[2]
Occupation	Engineer and Political Activist
Website	Ziad Abs

Ziad Raymond Abs (زياد ريمون عبس) (born August 2, 1972 in Beirut) is a Beiruti political activist since the early rallies for the liberation of Lebanon in 1989–1990, and a previous member of the Lebanese political party Free Patriotic Movement (Lebanon).^[3] For the past 15 years, he has devoted most of his time and energy to serve Beirut and its citizens. Joining the march of former Lebanese Army Commander (1984-1988) and Prime Minister (1988-1990) General Michel Aoun (GMA),^[4] he managed, between 1990 and 2005, several responsibilities in the Free Patriotic Movement.^[5] He was a candidate to the Parliamentary Greek Orthodox seat in Beirut during both the 2018 and 2022 elections.^[6] The FPM expelled him from the party alongside other party partisans on Friday 29 July 2016, allegedly charged with raising the FPM's crises in the media and for rebelling against movement decisions.^[7] He is also the founder of LOGOS association,^[8] founding member of TRACS, and head of Achrafieh Youth Club (AYC).^[9]

After 2016, he continued his activism as part of the civil society movements, and co-founded ReLebanon political group that has been active since the October 17th uprising in 2019.

Biography

Background and career

Abs is an electrical engineer and CEO^[10] of Moonlight Architectural Solutions (MAS Group) in Doha and Beirut since 1998. He is also the CEO of Petroserv SAL^[11][12] in Beirut since 2012. He is the founder of LOGOS Association, a non-profit Organization acting since 2009 on social & cultural manners linked to the city of Beirut, and the president of Achrafieh Youth Club (AYC) participating since 2015 in several sports activities. He also served in 2012 as the President of the Board of Trusties for the Sagesse Basketball Club, contributing to the support and success of the Team and putting the plan for the Club's growth in the upcoming years.

Ziad is also a founding member, and the driving force behind TRACS, an NGO aiming to create a positive change on sustainable transportation and mobility issues.

References

1. "Christian Teaching Institute CTI". cti-school.com.
2. "American University of Beirut AUB". aub.edu.lb.
3. "Ziad Abs: "I have been arrested 30 times in the last ten years"". World Security Network.
4. "La galaxie Aoun : les proches, les partenaires, les opposants". L'Orient Le Jour.
5. "FPM: Let's Avert Disaster in Lebanon Through False Witnesses". Qifa Nabki.
6. "Ziad Abs, from 1989 till 2011, an activist that is still struggling". Ziad Abs.
7. "Three Prominent Members Expelled from Free Patriotic Movement".
8. "Huitième commémoration de l'assassinat de François el-Hage". L'Orient Le Jour.
9. "AYC Launching". NNA.
10. "MAS Group - Our Staff". masgroup.me.
11. "Gaz : deux sociétés libanaises remportent un contrat à Chypre". Le Commerce Du Levant.
12. "Il faut relancer l'attribution des blocs d'exploitation de gaz". L'Orient Le Jour.