Tuéni Family

The Tuéni family has always been involved in journalism and politics. Annahar's founder, Gebran Tuéni Sr., was elected Member of Parliament in 1937. His son, Ghassan Tuéni, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Annahar from 1947 to 1999, and then from 2005 until his death in 2012, was also a Member of Parliament from 1951 to 1957, then from 2005 to 2009, Lebanon’s Ambassador to the United Nations from 1977 to 1982, government minister from 1970 to 1971, and then again from 1975 to 1977, as well as Deputy Prime Minister from 1970 to 1971. Ghassan Tuéni's son, Gebran (1957-2005), CEO and Editor-in-Chief from 1999 until his assassination in 2005, was elected Member of Parliament in 2005 but was killed seven months after his election. Gebran's daughter, Nayla – the current CEO and Editor-in-Chief – was a Member of Parliament from 2009 to 2018. Her sister Michelle unsuccessfully ran for office during the 2018 parliamentary election. The Tuéni family is also connected to other major political families. Ghassan Tuéni was married to poet Nadia Hamadé (1935-1983), sister of MP and former minister Marwan Hamadé. In 1996, Tuéni married Chadia Khazen, sister of former Tourism Minister Wadih Khazen. Gebran Tuéni also married twice. His first marriage was to Myrna Murr, President of the Metn Federation of Municipalities, daughter of the late Deputy Prime Minister Michel Murr Sr., sister of former Deputy Prime Minister Elias Murr, and aunt of current MP and Al Joumhouria CEO Michel Elias Murr. Nayla Tuéni is married to TV presenter Malek Maktabi.