Omar Harfouch
Omar Harfouch (Arabic: عمر حرفوش; born 20 April 1969 in Tripoli, Lebanon) is a politician and leader of new opposition party the “Third Republic”, and a businessman. Owner of a communications group in Ukraine, he is known in France for his participation in the reality show "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of here!" and for his many appearances at jet set parties, in videos, and in celebrity magazines. He is a regular donor and guest at AMFAR charity dinner in Cannes. Career in Ukraine. Omar Harfouch is of Lebanese origin. In Kyiv, he and his brother  Valid Harfouch own the "Supernova" media group which includes the FM radio in Ukraine, radio Supernova. He is the publisher and editor of "Paparazzi", a magazine in Russian. Declaring that "the world of fashion needed a revolution," he and Walid founded a Geneva-based company in charge of organizing beauty contests in Ukraine in which the jury is composed of Internet users and voters. In 2002, he organized the final of Miss World Net in Tripoli, accompanied by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, despite the international embargo that was imposed on the country at that time. Career in France. He became  known to the general public in France in April 2006, when he took part in the reality show "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of here!" for the benefit of "Reporters Without Borders". During the show, he became the center of a controversy when he said he was a victim of "racist remarks" (he has black skin) of Marielle Goitschel, who in turn claimed to have treated him as "just a shrimp" ("minus" in French). He organized the Miss Europe competition with Endemol, initially presented on TF1, but the channel decided to sell it. In May 2006, after participating  in the radio broadcast of "Cauet dechire" on Fun Radio, he filed a complaint against Cauet for defamation and racial abuse for statements uttered during the show and published by the magazine "Entrevue" in July 2006. . A few months later, Cauet was found guilty of public defamation of an individual and sentenced to a 500 euro fine and one euro in damages. In October 2006, he released a book, "Mystères, scandales et... fortune" (Mysteries, Scandals and... Fortune). The same year, he released his autobiography, "Omar Harfouch: Confessions of a millionaire". Public activity. Harfouch launched a large-scale anti-corruption project  in Lebanon. Together with members of the European Parliament, he allegedly discovered in foreign accounts, and also claims to have seized the first $150 million stolen from the Lebanese budget. Political activity. Omar Harfouch is a self-proclaimed leader of Lebanon's largest new political movement, The Third Republic. On February 9, 2022, the founding conference of the Harfouch party Third Lebanese Republic took place in Beirut.