Dr. Zouelficar Eidi

Biography

Dr. Zouelficar Eidi earned a law degree from the Lebanese University in 2003 and a master’s degree in public law from Sagesse University in 2006.

He continued his studies in France, completing a diploma in contemporary French studies before earning a doctorate in public law from Paris Nanterre University in 2013 with highest honours and the committee’s commendation.

He joined the Beirut Bar Association in 2007 and became an appellate lawyer in 2013. His practice has included administrative, commercial, and civil law, alongside teaching at the Lebanese University Faculty of Law.

His doctoral thesis at Paris 10–Nanterre was titled “Privatisation: A Strategic, Legal and Institutional Challenge — A Comparative Study of France and Lebanon” and was completed under public-law professor Michel Bazex. The research examined the rules, strategies, and institutions governing privatisation, its conditions for success, and the legal safeguards required when reorganising the roles of the state and public sector.

After joining the Beirut Bar Association in 2007, Eidi completed his professional traineeship at the Awada–Tien law office before becoming an appellate lawyer in 2013. His practice has covered administrative, commercial, civil, rental, and related disputes, alongside research interests in administrative reform and public finance.

His teaching career has included the Lebanese University Faculty of Law and Political and Administrative Sciences, the Islamic University of Lebanon, and Phoenicia University’s School of Law and Political Science. Courses attributed to him include general administrative law, international relations, and diplomacy.

Lebanese University graduate-thesis records document his participation in academic supervision and evaluation. He served as a member of and chaired examination committees for research and professional master’s theses and doctoral dissertations across a range of subjects.

The 47/1 issue of the Lebanese University’s peer-reviewed Journal of Law and Political Science, published in 2026, lists Dr. Zouelficar Eidi among its academic peer-review panels, indicating a continuing role in the evaluation of legal scholarship.

His published work includes a 2011 French study concerning financial information on state holdings and the use of privatisation proceeds. In 2020, he wrote the An-Nahar article “Privatisation Is a Means, Not an End,” arguing that international experience, institutional reform, and clear oversight must accompany any privatisation policy.

In December 2025, his full name, Dr. Zouelficar Abbas Eidi, appeared among six experts nominated by Lebanon’s Minister of Interior in connection with selecting two members of the Supervisory Commission for Elections. This was a nomination within an expert shortlist, not confirmation of a final appointment.

Notable Contributions

Combined legal practice with academic research and university teaching.

Contributed to public discussion on law, administration, and international relations.

Completed a comparative doctorate on the strategic, legal, and institutional challenges of privatisation in France and Lebanon.

Combined appellate legal practice with teaching administrative law, international relations, and diplomacy at several Lebanese universities.

Participated in university thesis committees and supervised public-law research at the Lebanese University and private universities.

Contributed to academic peer review for the Lebanese University’s Journal of Law and Political Science in its 2026 issue.

Published on privatisation, public finance, and state holdings and was shortlisted in 2025 among experts connected with the election supervisory commission.