'''Edmond Mikhaël [[Gharios]]''' ([[Arabic]]: '''إدمون مخائيل غاريوس''') born in [[Chiyah]] (Karm ez Zeitoun) on February 18, 1958 was Head of the Municipality of [[Chiyah]] from May [[1998]] to December [[2008]].
He is the son of late Mikhaël Selim [[Gharios]] and Salwa Lamaa Lamaa. He has five brothers (Assaad, Antoine, Nazih, Elie and Roger) and one sister (Roula). He is also the son-in-law of minister and Parliament Member [[Michel Murr]] and the brother-in-law of minister [[Elias Murr]].
The [[Gharios]] family is one of the most socially and economically prominent families in [[Lebanon]] rooting back their ancestries to the [[Sheiks Chemor]] of Kfarhata. Their religion is [[Maronite]] [[christian]] and they are of direct legitimate ascendancy of the [[christian]] [[Ghassanids]]. Their hometown is [[Chiyah]], a predominantly Christian town located in the southern suburbs of the capital [[Beirut]] bordered by Haret-Hreik, Ghobeiry, Hadath and Furn-el-chebbak.
Edmond Gharios went to [http://www.ndj.edu.lb College Notre-Dame de Jamhour] for his primary and secondary studies where he graduated in [[1976]]. He joined [http://www.usj.edu.lb l’Université Saint-Joseph] of [[Beirut]] where he got a Bachelor in Business Administration in [[1979]]. He then traveled to [[Paris]] and graduated from [[Paris Dauphine University]] in [[1980]] with an MBA.
In [[1981]] he married Lena Murr, and Elie and Nabil were born in [[1984]] and [[1988]] respectively. He joined [http://www.libanjus.com LibanJus sal], the family business founded in [[1960]] by his father late Mikhaël Salim [[Gharios]] and specialized in the production of Fruit Juices and Ice Creams where he worked, along with his siblings, to the development of this establishment to become one of the most prominent factories in Lebanon and compete with local and foreign companies in the Lebanese and world markets. In [[1995]], he founded as well the [http://www.mountlebanonhospital.com Mount Lebanon Hospital] in [[Hazmiyeh]], together with his siblings and under the patronage of his father, Mikhaël [[Gharios]].
In [[1998]], he ran for the first time for the post of head of the municipality of [[Chiyah]] with the support of all his fellow villagers and won with a clear majority. In [[2004]], he got elected again thanks to the hard work he have always done to reconstruct and refurbish this region that has been destroyed during the war, and transform it into a fully developed region at the economical and social levels.
Edmond [[Gharios]] invested all the skills he gained during his several trips abroad into the development of his region and worked in a way that all the inhabitants profit from his experience. He especially devoted a lot of time for the elders, the children and the youth working for the realization of their dreams and goals at different levels: education, health, development and economy.
In December [[2008]], he resigned from his post of Head of the Municipality of [[Chiyah]] to prepare his electoral campaign to enter the [[Lebanese Parliament]] to one of the three [[Maronite]] seats of [[Baabda District]] on June 7, 2009.
[[Category:Mayors of places in Lebanon|Gharios, Edmond]]
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[[Category:1958 births]]
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