Nicolas Sehnaoui (Arabic: نقولا صحناوي), born April 23, 1961, is the current Lebanese Minister of Telecommunications in Najib Mikati's second government. He is also a high profile member of the Free Patriotic Movement, a political party lead by Michel Aoun, and was twice a parliamentary candidate for a Catholic seat in Beirut in 2005 and 2009, losing in both elections to Future Movement candidates due to the overwhelming Sunni vote.[1]