Fouad Najjar

Fouad Najjar (1909–1992) was a Lebanese agronomist and politician who served as minister of agriculture in 1958 and in 1964. He was also minister of agriculture and PTT between 1959 and 1960.

Early life and education Najjar was born in Abadiyeh, Lebanon, in December 1909. He hailed from a Druze family. He worked as a lecturer at the American University of Beirut from 1938 to 1948. He was appointed minister of agriculture in 1958. Next year he was named as minister of agriculture and PTT which he held until 1960.

Najjar was elected as the president of the Lebanese Agriculturists in 1961. He became a member of the Druze Council in 1962. He was named as the president of the Agronomy Research Institute in 1969. He died in 1992.