{"id":2371,"date":"2020-07-22T12:22:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T12:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bi3a.com\/Catholics\/?p=2371"},"modified":"2020-07-22T12:22:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T12:22:03","slug":"h-e-melhem-antoun-riachy-former-lebanese-minister-of-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melkitecouncil.com\/Catholics\/h-e-melhem-antoun-riachy-former-lebanese-minister-of-information\/","title":{"rendered":"H.E. Melhem Antoun Riachy, Former Lebanese Minister of Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Melhem Antoun Riachy<\/strong>\u00a0is from &#8220;Khenchara&#8221; in the district of North Metn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He is a writer, a journalist, and a researcher in Middle East affairs and comparative religions, having several studies in this field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He is a consultant in political affairs and strategic negotiations, a professor of Geostrategic communication in the Holy Spirit University &#8211; Kaslik.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; From 2012 until 2016 he occupied the post of chairperson of the communication department of the Lebanese Forces Party.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He was designated as the special envoy of President of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea to President Michel Aoun, and he succeeded in cooperation with MP Ibrahim Kanaan (FPM) to reach a &#8220;historic&#8221; agreement with the Free Patriotic Movement, that was signed by Michel Aoun and Samir Geagea in the 2nd of June 2015, known as the &#8220;Declaration of intentions between the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces&#8221;. This declaration was considered as an ending of thirty years of conflict between Christians.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Riachy is an activist in social work (President of the fourth region in Metn in &#8220;Caritas-Liban&#8221; for seven years).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He has many studies about the Levant issue, and several books: &#8220;Leaders &amp; catastrophe&#8221; (1994), &#8220;Judas Iscariot, the innocent traitor&#8221; (in three languages) (1995), &#8220;The Psalms of a prisoner&#8221; (1997), &#8220;The passage&#8221; (1998), &#8220;The 2000 elections&#8221; (2000), &#8220;The Well&#8221; (2003), &#8220;The guard of the tomb&#8221; (2007), &#8220;The book of reproach&#8221; (2016). 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