Adnan Kassar

Adnan Kassar (Arabic: عدنان القصار; born 1930) is a Lebanese banker, businessman and politician, who served at different cabinet posts.

He is one of the owners of the Banque Libano-Francaise together with Farid Raphael, his brother Nadim Kassar and Victor Kassir.

[6] Kassar served as the president of the Beirut Chamber of Commerce and Industry for nearly thirty years to which he was elected in January 1972.

[12] He was also chairman of the general union of Arab chambers of commerce, industry and agriculture and of Lebanon’s economic committees.

[14] His tenure lasted until 2005 when Karami resigned from office due to the pressures exerted by Lebanese people as a protest over the assassination of Rafik Hariri.

[9] He is the recipient of the Business for Peace Award (2014)[19] and was named as the honorary chairman of the Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce in 2016.