Draft:Ibrahim Mneimneh

Ibrahim Hasan Mneimneh (Arabic: إبراهيم حسن منيمنة Born 8 January 1976) is a Lebanese politician and architect. He was elected as a Member of the Lebanese Parliament in May 2022 as part of the anti-establishment list "Beirut Al-Taghyeer" (بيروت التغيير) in Beirut II district

Early Life and Education
After graduating from High School in 1992, Mneimneh moved to Beirut to pursue his Bachelor degree in Architectural Engineering at the Beirut Arab University. He also acquired a Master's Degree in Urban Design from the American University of Beirut in 2010.

Professionally, Mneimneh worked for several multinational engineering consultancy firms where he designed and managed numerous mega scale architectural and urban design development projects. Mneimneh participated government and municipal institutions in urban design with a focused study on the environment, social and political indicators within the city. He was also a lecturer at the American University of Beirut, the Notre Dame University – Louaize and the Beirut Arab University.

In 2011, he initiated his own practice "Urbane Design Interventions" where he translated his passion for sustainable design into projects executed in Lebanon and the region.

2016 Municipal Elections
The 2015-2016 Lebanese protests, sparked by the government's failure to address the waste management crisis, were a significant moment in Lebanon's history where the role of the active civil society was growing against the established political parties. Propelled by these events, a group of activists and academics from Beirut came together to establish "Beirut Madinati" and decided to run for the Municipal Elections in 2016 against the traditional political parties, with Mneimneh heading the anti-establishment list. Mneimneh led the campaign, which garnered approximately 40% of the votes.

2018 Parliamentary Elections


In 2018, Mneimneh founded "Kulluna Beirut", the anti-establishment electoral list, alongside professionals and activists in the Civil Society, which ran in the Beirut II district for the Parliamentary elections. He established that campaign seeking to address sensitive and important laws and propositions, of which the most urgent was the implementation and contestation of illegitimate arms outside state control. The list received 6,174 votes (1/2 a threshold under the Proportional Election Law) with Mneimneh getting alone 1,676 preferential votes (the actual voters in Beirut II district reached 147,801).

Member of Parliament


In preparation for the Parliamentary Elections 2022, a coalition list was formed under the title "Beirut Al-Taghyeer", representing Civil Society and Revolutionary groups. Mneimneh was nominated for the seat in Beirut II district and was supported by "Beirut Tuqawem" campaign. Mneimneh won the Sunni seat with 13,281 votes, the second highest number of votes in the district. He joined the Forces of Change parliamentary bloc that is made up of anti-establishment MPs. He was a Member of the Finance and Budget Committee from June 7th, 2022 until October 18th, 2022. He was appointed member of Public Works, Transport, Energy and Water committee and is the chairman of the wastewater subcommittee.