Place & Date of Birth : Moukhtara, Chouf, August 7, 1949His father: Kamal Fouad Joumblatt (member of Lebanese parliament, minister in several cabinets, founder and president of the Progressive Socialist Party PSP, secretary general of Arab Front Participating in the Palestinian Revolution, president of the National Lebanese Movement and its political council, martyred on march 16, 1977).His mother: Princess May Arslan daughter of Prince Shakib Arslan (prominent politician and writer).Married and has three children: Taimour, Aslan and dalia. Currently married to Mrs. Noura Charabati.He studied at the International College (1969), and then pursued his higher education at the American University of Beirut where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science (1973). He also studied history in the same university.He speaks Arabic, English and French.
Hobbies: preserving the beauty of nature and environment, photograph, Internet and reading.
Residence: Muktara (Chouf district) and Beirut .
Political life:* April 29, 1977 : Elected president of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) after the assassination his father Kamal Joumblatt, founder of the party.
* June 12, 1980 : Elected as president of the Central Political Council of the National Movement.
* June 14, 1982 : Elected member of the National Saving Committee headed by president Elias Sarkis and included: Chafic Wazzan, Fouad Boutros, Nabih Berri, Nasri Maalouf, Bachir Gemayel and Walid Joumblatt. However, he withdrew from the committee on June 25, 1982
* December30, 1982: Established Walid Joumblatt Foundation for University Studies.
* April 11, 1983 : Elected as vice president of Socialist International.
* July 23, 1983 : Announced from Baalbeck the National Front which included eight parties and led it along with Suleiman Franjieh and Rachid Karami.
* September 3, 1983 : Led the Mountain battle before and after the partial Israeli withdrawal from the area.
* October 1, 1983 : Announced from Beiteddine the establishment of a civil administration to support continuity. The administration later spread its services and presence to all the mountain and Iklim villages.
* Participated in the two dialogue conference in Geneva (October 31, 1983) and Lousanne (March 12, 1984) to solve the Lebanese crisis, and later participated in Bekfaya meeting for the same purpose.
* April 20, 1984 : Appointed as minister of public works & tourism in the national cabinet headed by Rachid Karami.
* October 11, 1985 : Established Walid Joumblatt’s Educational Institute
* December 1985: One of signatories on Tripartite Agreement in Damascus .
* January 15, 1986 : Participated in governmental committee and dialogue committee that were formed after the “coup” as the Tripartite Agreement.
* June 23, 1986 : Reelected as vice-president of Socialist International.
* December 17, 1988 : Heads the Progressive Scouts Association.
* 1989: Appointed as minister of public works in the cabinet headed by Salim El Hoss.
* June 22, 1989 : Reelected as vice-president of Socialist International.
* 1990: Minster of State in Omar Karami’s cabinet
* June 7, 1991 : Appointed as a deputy in his father’s place at Chouf district – Mount Lebanon .
* 1992: Minister of State at Rashid El Solh cabinet.
* August 30, 1992 : Elected as a deputy of Chouf district – Mount Lebanon , he headed the National Struggle Front, which included 12 deputies.
* November 2, 1992 : Appointed as minister of displaced in Rafic Hariri’s first cabinet.
* March 16, 1994 : Founded and became president of the Chouf Cedars Association
* December 17,1994 : Established the Progressive Intellect Forum.
* April 15, 1995 : Granted the Medal of Friendship Between Peoples from the President of the Russian Federation .
* May 25, 1995 : Appointed as minister of displaced in Rafic Hariri’s second cabinet.
* August 18, 1996 : Elected as a deputy of Chouf district – Mount Lebanon , he headed the National Struggle Front.
* November 11, 1996 : Appointed as minister of displaced in Rafic Hariri’s third cabinet.
* August 27, 2000 : Elected as a deputy of Chouf district – Mount Lebanon , where he headed the National Struggle Front and the Democratic Forum Block.
* April 17, 2001 : Granted the honorary Italian nationality from the municipal council of Martiniano city.
* June 4, 2003 : Granted the Medal of Strengthening Friendship from the Russian Defense Minister S. Evanov.
* Heads the Lebanese Association for Higher, Technical and Economic Education.Writing:* Worked at “An-Nahar” newspaper for less than a year where he wrote several political articles.
* Wrote the opening statement of Al-Anbaa (PSP newspaper) between1979 – 1980.
* He wrote a book entitled: “Pillars of Progressive Struggle in Lebanon ”, issued on April 30, 1980 .Visits:
Visits to the Arab world most importantly:* May 19, 1977 : visited Damascus accompanied a delegation based on an invitation from president Hafez Al-Asad and the Baath Party.
* May 23, 1979 : visited Egypt and met president Anwar Sadat and his deputy Hosni Mubarak.
* September 1979: visited Libya to participate in its national celebrations.He also conducted several official visits to Saudi Arabia , Iraq , Jordan , Tunisia , Algeria , Iran , Democratic Yemen and others where he met leaders of those countries.
Furthermore, he visited: the Soviet Union , the United States of America , France , Italy , Vatican , Germany , United Kingdom , Sweden , Greece , Bulgaria , Yugoslavia , Romania , Netherlands , Czechoslovakia , Austria , Switzerland and Cuba .