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Hamzé, Mouïn Lebanon         Mouïn Hamzé was born in Beirut , Lebanon , in 1948. He received his PhD in Plant Sciences from the University of Montpellier, in 1973. Shortly after he started his academic career at the Lebanese University he moved as a Visiting Professor to the American University of Beirut. He was then appointed Dean of the School of Agricultural Sciences (1977–85) at the Lebanese University, then Secretary-General of the National Council for Scientific Research (1998). He was elected Member of the Board of Trustees of ICARDA (1990–2000), Member of the UNESCO National Commission (1990–94). He was also a Member of the Science Partnership Committee of the CGIAR (1999–2001) and Member of the Scientific Board of the “Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie ” (1998–2001). In 2003, Mouïn Hamzé was elected President of CIHEAM (Le Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes— International Center for Mediterranean Agronomic Studies). Mouïn Hamzé is a recipient of a number of regional and international awards and distinctions: Abdul-Hamid Shouman Foundation Prize, for Young Researchers in the Arab World, Jordan, 1986; “Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole, France, 1988; and “Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite”, France, 1994.