title: Zouheir Chokr
text: # Zouheir Chokr
  
  Zouheir Chokr (alternative spellings: Zouheir Shokr, Zouheir Chokor, Zouheir Shokor, Zouheir Choker, Zouheir Shoker, Zouhair Chokr, Zouhair Chokor, Zouhair Shokor) (Arabic: زهير شكر) is the President of the Lebanese University.
  
  ## Early career
  
  Chokr was born in Bednayel in 1947. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III (France). After teaching with the Lebanese University, Chokr worked as a Lebanese Ambassador in Qatar.
  
  ## Medals
  
  Palmes académiques - Officier - France 1993. Wissam El Istihqaq al Watani - Qatar -1998.
  
  