Fadi Nammar

Fadi Nammar (alternative spellings: Fady Nammar) () is a young Lebanese engineer and a public servant serving in the Lebanese Ministry of Public Works and Transport. He is known for his ambition and perseverance in his career, and for the various projects and tasks he has engineered and still develops for the Ministry throughout the years of his service. Born on 6 February, 1963 in Shbanieh, Lebanon, Fadi Nammar currently lives in Beirut, Lebanon.
Nammar advocates his support and admiration to ideologies, common aspirations of freedom, peace and equality, not people’s debasing of these idealistic notions. He earns his respect through his own respectful behavior towards people he encounters everyday. He chooses these people rather than idols to be his reference and counsel. Although Nammar dreams of a past Lebanon of morals and values; however, he is a realistic man who believes practical and short-termed planning amidst the rapidly changing circumstances of Lebanon will build a strong nation.
Aside from his job, Nammar enjoys traveling around the world and has a significant photography collection from around 54 countries he has visited. His photographs have been assembled into a book and an accompanying DVD with the title: "Vision". Moreover, Nammar is involved in various charitable organizations via financial support and volunteer work. He believes that all people deserve to be treated indiscriminately regardless to race, gender, religion or political affiliation and all deserve an opportunity to aspire to a better life.
Background
Fadi Nammar descends from a family with a history in civil service. His father had served as the Director General of the Prime Minister office and as the President of the Syndicate of Engineers. His uncle, Mitri Nammar, had served as the Governor of Beirut (Beirut Governorate). Although Fadi Nammar had never planned of pursuing a career in the public sector; however, his strong character of service and commitment towards a better Lebanon led him to accept the position offered to him as a civil servant. Not only does his family take pride in their history of civil service but also in their history of political moderation and equidistance from the various political and sectarian factions in Lebanon.
Education
Fadi Nammar received his high school degree in 1982 from the Champville School in Lebanon. He later graduated from the American University of Beirut (AUB) with a BE in Civil Engineering in 1986.
Occupation
Fadi Nammar had already started up his own businesses even before his graduation from AUB. Using his personal funds and his social and intellectual intelligence, Nammar opened up various constructing enterprises in Lebanon and throughout various countries in the Arab World. Although Nammar’s enterprises promised a bright future and engineered wealth and success throughout the period of 14 years; however, when offered the position of Director General of Roads and Buildings in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport in 1999, Nammar’s spirit of service and devotion for his country prompted him to accept the position. Nammar still serves as the Director General of Roads and Buildings as well as Acting Director General of Urban Planning as of 2007. Nammar continues to work and approve the work on projects and plans that reorganize and establish the structure of a modern and developed Lebanon.
Achievements
Reconstructing Lebanon, Reviving Hope
Of the most demanding and challenging tasks that Nammar had ever faced in his work at the Ministry was the post-July 2006 War reconstruction of roads, bridges and buildings. The war had damaged Lebanon’s main roads as well as destroyed its bridges through the systematic shelling of Lebanon’s bridges and infrastructure. Nammar played an immense role in ensuring the safety of the roads, the immediate construction of temporary bridges and crossroads, and the continuity of life once the war was over. The Ministry of Public Works and Transport, and under Nammar’s supervision, organized a post-crisis reconstruction program that included the following steps: damage assessment, debris removal and road opening, construction of the temporary deviations, placement of temporary steel bridges, placement of temporary road signs, reconstruction program, and bridges re-construction. In a lecture at the AUST University on 20 October, 2006, Fadi Nammar explained that the budget needed for rebuilding 50 bridges, which constitutes 60% of the damaged bridges, was denoted to Lebanon, and that the work on reconstructing these bridges has already begun.
Introducing new technologies
Throughout his work at the Ministry, Nammar has been introducing new and advanced technologies into the mechanisms and administration of the Ministry and the public sector. Of his latest introductions are the Geographic Information System and the Highway Management System. These new programs are designed to help the Ministry assess the current situation of road networks, highways, and infrastructure, and to aid in advanced planning to improve their conditions. Moreover, these programs offer a unified database for the public sector as a whole upon which it can work towards its development.
Traffic safety
Nammar has always been concerned about traffic safety and its importance for development. In an attempt to curb the dangers of traffic and road accidents and to increase traffic and road safety, Fadi Nammar introduced a lecture on 26 May, 2004 on traffic safety in Lebanon. Nammar explained that the Ministry is collaborating with a Swedish research center, SWE Road, to set up a wholesome plan organizing Lebanese roads and traffic.
Various works
Nammar has also been part of various Ministry works that involves the organization of chaotic and illegal building, as well as the recent problems created by intense rain leading to immense traffic jams.
Nammar is also a member of the conference board of the International Construction Innovations Conference. This organization’s objective is to promote business alliances and joint ventures, pursue basic and applied research, align and leverage new partnerships, and secure new funding sources for the development of a better world.

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