The National Social Security Fund (CNSS) headquarters in Beirut, in Sep. 2023. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
As of Monday, Lebanon's National Social Security Fund (CNSS) has a new board of directors, the first to be appointed in several years. The board will be chaired for the next five years by none other than Beshara Asmar, president of the General Confederation of Workers in Lebanon (CGTL), one of the country's most powerful labor unions. First elected to the position in 2017, Asmar confirmed to L’Orient-Le Jour on Tuesday that he will not step down from the role. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam contacted him during the day to "wish him great success in his new responsibilities."Asmar's main objective is to implement Law No. 319, which established a pension system in Lebanon, in addition to improving CNSS reimbursements for hospitalization and medication costs and continuing the reopening of the institution's branches in...
As of Monday, Lebanon's National Social Security Fund (CNSS) has a new board of directors, the first to be appointed in several years. The board will be chaired for the next five years by none other than Beshara Asmar, president of the General Confederation of Workers in Lebanon (CGTL), one of the country's most powerful labor unions. First elected to the position in 2017, Asmar confirmed to L’Orient-Le Jour on Tuesday that he will not step down from the role. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam contacted him during the day to "wish him great success in his new responsibilities."Asmar's main objective is to implement Law No. 319, which established a pension system in Lebanon, in addition to improving CNSS reimbursements for hospitalization and medication costs and continuing the reopening of the institution's branches...
