The Lebanon Chapter of the IAA, the first in the Arab world, was founded in 1961 by Mounir Takchi, who at the time was director of Advision. The founding committee started immediately recruiting members and organised a number of functions to promote the industry.
Presidents of the Executive Committee:
Mounir Takchi - 1961
Fouad Pharaon - 1963
Samir Fares - 1965
Jean Rizk - 1969
Roby Arab - 1974
Erwin Guerrovich - 1976
Camille Menassah - 1980
Mustapha Assad - 1984
Jean Claude Boulos - 1986, 1991, 1993
Walid Azzi - 1988
Ramsay Najjar - 1995
Ibrahim Tabet - 1997
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