reform, defend democratic standards and monitor elections. He is also member of the launching committee of the Civil Campaign for Municipal Elections in 1997. The campaign led the government one year later to hold the first local elections since 1963. Haddad participated as well in launching a number of pro-environment campaigns, most recently the campaign against the establishment of a cement factory in Ain Dara, his hometown. Haddad is a regular speaker on local and foreign media. He has several publications, mainly a book on “Poverty in Lebanon” published by ESCWA in 1996, another on “Industry of Petrolem and Derivatives” (1989), and also another on “Involvement of Lebanon in the Syria War” (2014). Dr Haddad is the editor of “Democracy and Poverty in the Arab World” by IDEA (Stockholm, Sweden) in 2001, and the co-author of the “National Human Development Reports” by UNDP and the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs in 1997 and 2002; co-author of “Mapping of Living Conditions in Lebanon” in 1998 and 2007. He supervised or co-supervised the organization of several regional conferences and dialogue and conflict resolution seminars, including the "Syria Aid Forum for Emergency and Reconstruction" (2016), and seminars on “A Unified Lebanese Vision for the Palestinian Refugees Affairs In Lebanon” (2016), “Roadmap for a Civic State in Lebanon: Managing Diversity within Democracy” (2017), “National Dialogue for Building Citizenship and Managing Diversity in Iraq” (2018). Haddad holds a PhD in Industrial Chemistry from Paris-6 University (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie), where he also attended MSc courses in Economics of Energy. External links Democratic Renewal Movement Website Democratic Renewal Youth Blog The translated and edited version of the executive summary of "Poverty in Lebanon" by Antoine Haddad Living people Democratic Renewal (Lebanon) politicians Academic staff of Lebanese University 1954 births