Walid Joumblatt

ABOUT WALID JOUMBLATT

Prominent politician who became the president of Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party and a leader of the Druze. His biggest social media presence is on Twitter where he shares his political views with over 1.1 million followers.

He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and public administration from American University of Beirut in 1972.

He was previously employed as a reporter for the newspaper An-Nahar.

His father Kamal was a successful politician and his mother's name is May. He has a daughter named Dalia and sons named Taymour and Aslan.

Samir Geagea and Suleiman Frangieh Jr. are two other well-known politicians with Lebanese ancestry.