Background
Bahia Hariri was born in Sidon, Lebanon In 1952.Hariri was born to a modest Sunni Muslim family, along with her two siblings Shafic and Rafik Hariri.
Bahia Hariri was born in Sidon, Lebanon In 1952.Hariri was born to a modest Sunni Muslim family, along with her two siblings Shafic and Rafik Hariri.
In 1970, she graduated from a teacher’s academy.
Hariri worked as a teacher upon graduation in Sidon and the south Lebanon until 1979. The foundation is a major educational and charitable institution. She is also the president of the administrative council of the Hariri-Saida foundation.
She was reelected in 1996 and 2000 for the same seat.
From July 2008 to November 2009 she was the minister of education. She was again elected to Parliament in June 2009. in addition to being the vice-president of the commission for women at the inter-parliamentary Arab Union (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,2012) She is also a goodwill ambassador for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and heads the Islamic Organization for Higher Education.
She also serves on the Advisory Council of World Links Arab Region. She also launched the appeals from Kuwait, Tunis, Algiers and Beirut between 1999 and 2000 to support the establishment of a "Day of the Arab woman" and a "Permanent Summit of the Arab Woman" (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,2012).
She currently heads the Parliamentary commission for education and culture in the Lebanese Parliament, in addition to being member of the Parliamentary commission for foreign and immigration affairs Since 1992, Hariri has been member of the board of trustees of the Lebanese American University.