Ibrahim Kanaan

11/11/1962

Married to Tania Saade. Father of Maria and Rita.

Law degree from St. Joseph University in Beirut.

Established Kanaan Law Firm in Beirut.
Worked at Elliott & Company Solicitors in London, 1991.
International Associate, Kennedys law firm, 1998, where he was involved in international legal work and Middle East conferences.
Founder of Kennedys & Co in Riyadh, mainly involved in professional work between KSA and the UK.

MP since 2005.
Secretary General of the “Change and Reform” Parliamentary bloc (27 MPs) led by General Michel Aoun following two successive general elections in 2005 and 2009.
Secretary General of the “Strong Lebanon” Parliamentary bloc since 2018.
Chair of the Finance and Budget Parliamentary Committee since 2009.

Early in 1990, he contributed in establishing the Liberation Front of Lebanon (UK) and the British Lebanese civil liberties association for democracy in Lebanon.
During his time in London, he was instrumental in setting up close legal and business relationships between Lebanon and the UK and was elected as Secretary General of the British Middle East Law Council at the Law Society of England and Wales in 1995.
He lobbied to introduce the Lebanese national case in British political circles.
In 2015, he played a key role in reaching a memorandum of understanding between the FPM and the Lebanese Forces which led to the historic reconciliation among Christians in Lebanon.
The commission he leads prepared and voted all of the anti-corruption laws filed by different blocs and independent members of parliament such as: illicit enrichment law, the national council to fight corruption, recovery of stolen assets, the lifting of bank secrecy on public funds and public figures, etc.