Date of Birth: 28th January 1938
Place of Birth: Bo ( Sierra Leone )
Education:
Graduated with a Law degree from the Lebanese University.
Biography
Nabih Berri is the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon. He heads the Amal Movement. He was born in Bo, Sierra Leone to Lebanese parents on 28 January 1938.
Berri went to school in Tebnine and Ain Ebel in southern Lebanon, then continued his education in Bint Jbeil and Jaafariya supplementary schools in southern Lebanon and later studied at the Makassed and the Ecole de la Sagesse in Beirut. He graduated with a Law degree from the Lebanese University in 1963, where he had served as the student body president, and became a lawyer at the Court of Appeals.
During 1963, Berri was elected as president of the National Union of Lebanese Students, and participated to student and political conferences. During his early career he became a lawyer at the Court of Appeals. In the early 1970s, Berri worked in Beirut as a lawyer for several companies.
In 1980, Berri was elected leader of the Amal Movement, and led the resistance against the Israeli army especially in the south of lebanon and beqaa and the most famous battle was the battle of khalde in 1982.
He was the key player of the Intifada of 6 February 1984 against the Lebanese sectarian government of Amin Gemayel , where officers and soldiers were called to defect from the Lebanese Army and made ground for the Taif agreement that ended the civil war .
Berri also joined the National Unity government as minister of state for South Lebanon and reconstruction under Prime Minister Rashid Karami in May 1984. He also served as the minister of housing and co-operatives.