New Minister of Health, Hamad Hassan is one of the two members appointed by the Shiite Hezbollah movement within the Hassan Diab government. He was previously head of the municipality of Baalbeck in the Bekaa, stronghold of the Shiite movement.
Doctor in Pharmacy having made his specialization in Moscow, he worked in the laboratory of the Al Mais hospital in Chtaura. He is also a professor at the Lebanese University, Beirut campus.
