Appointed Minister of Public Works on the quota of portfolios allocated to the Marada movement, Michel Najjar, born in 1958, began his studies at the American University of Beirut (AUB) before being transferred to Oklahoma State University where he studied. obtained a Doctorate in Civil Engineering.
Returning to Lebanon in 1991, he became a teacher at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Balamand where he rose through the ranks to become Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Science and Vice President of Administration, Development and Relations public.