Hussein Hajj Hassan

Hussein Hajj Hassan (; born 1960) is a Lebanese politician from Hezbollah, founder of the Islamic Union of Lebanese Students in France and minister of industry. He was the head of Hezbollah's "Educational mobilization" unit. As agricultural ministry he signed a cooperative agreement Jihad al-Binaa to provide agricultural vocation. He is said to have focused his ministry's funds to Hezbollah constituencies. As of 2026, he is under US sanctions based on Executive Order 13224.

Early life and education Hajj Hassan was born into a Shia family in Nabi Chit in the Beqaa Valley in 1960. He holds a PhD in Chemistry and Natural Physics, which he received from the University of Orléans, France in 1987. He ran on the latter's electoral list in Lebanon's 1996 general election and was elected MP of the Beqaa's Baalbeck/Hermel constituency. In 2000 he was the head of the Lebanese Agriculture and Tourism committee. In 2009, he was among Hezbollah's 11 members of parliament. In June 2009, he met with the then European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Beirut, representing Hezbollah.

He was named on 9 November 2009 minister of agriculture in Saad Hariri's national unity government. In January 2011, he and other two ministers, Gebran Bassil and Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh, resigned from the cabinet, leading to the collapse of Hariri government.

He was appointed to Najib Mikati's cabinet again as a minister of agriculture in June 2011. As minister he signed a cooperative agreement with Jihad al-Binaa, in order to provide agricultural vocation. This move was criticized as allowing Hezbollah to take credit through Jihad al-Binaa of government provided projects.

In 2018 he was reelected to Lebanese parliament as representative of the Bekaa III (Baalbek/Al-Hermel) constituency. His name was added to the US Treasury Department OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List.

Life Hajj has 4 children and is married to Hayat Salhab.