Abdallah Marwan

Marwan Abdallah is the Head of the Foreign Affairs Department at the Lebanese Kataeb Party. He started his political activism in high school, against the Syrian Occupation of Lebanon, and was elected to the Student Council at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in 2009 while studying International Affairs & Political Science. While pursuing his M.A. studies in Diplomacy & Strategic Negotiations, Marwan worked in public policy in the Lebanese Parliament, reviewing policies and drafting laws, while taking part in street demonstrations against the government. He assumed his current position in October 2023 after serving for 5 years as the Party!s International Secretary, a center-right political party, and a leading opposition group in Lebanon. In his capacity, he attends conferences with international political organizations and parties representing Lebanon, connects with International partners - Governmental and Non-Governmental - working in Lebanon, and helps draft the party!s Foreign Affairs strategies.

He is the co-founder of 3 NGOs and has hands-on experience in Energy Security & Geopolitics, Governance, Local Development, Minorities, and Rule of Law, among other topics.

Marwan is the current Executive Director of the Organization for Petroleum & energy Sustainability (OPES) with the topics of Energy Security, Sustainability, and Renewables as priorities of OPES! work. He also lectures at #La Sagesse University” in Beirut where he teaches 2 Masters level courses on Oil & Gas Business and Global Energy Markets.

Marwan was elected as the Vice Chairman of the International Democracy Union (IDU) in June 2022.