Ramadan grew up in Lebanon, and completed his high school studies at International College, Beirut. He emigrated to the United States of America from Lebanon in 1989 and has resided in Virginia since then. He is a graduate of George Mason University with a Master of Arts degree in International Trade and Transactions and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Governments and Politics. He completed graduate studies at Oxford University, the American Graduate School of Business, Johns Hopkins University, and Georgetown University. Ramadan has experience in government relations, public relations, communications, consulting, management, and marketing. In his business career, he managed companies in franchising, retail, manufacturing, immigration consulting, law, management & marketing consulting, and import/export in India, the Middle East & the USA. He has also took the US franchise, Curves International, into the Middle East and India. Ramadan was interviewed in a 2011 Washington Business Journal article discussing his bullish outlook on expanding curves in Egypt and other Middle Eastern nations. Ramadan is also a frequent commentator on TV and radio news networks such as ABC'sGood Morning America, LBC, MSNBC, France 24, Al-Hurra, BBC, CNN, and NPR. Ramadan served on the Board of Visitors of George Mason University, where he was appointed by Governor Bob McDonnell on July 1, 2010. The Washington Post on July 1, 2010, described the appointment by Governor McDonnellto "as a thank you to longtime supporters and friends". He is also an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University, teaching "Global Affairs - Middle East Realities" and "Virginia Government and Politics" courses. Ramadan is a political activist with active roles in the Republican Party of Virginia, the Loudoun County Republican Committee, and the Arab-American Republican community. He has served on presidential political campaigns as well as on gubernatorial and senatorial campaigns, and was appointed by RPV Chair in 2008 to ethnic outreach leadership. In November 2018, when Republican Congresswoman Barbara Comstock was ousted by Democratic nominee Jennifer Wexton, Ramadan told the Washington Post that her lose is to be blamed on factors at the national level, not the district level. He has been outspoken about his belief that the Virginia Republican party needs to pay more attention to the needs and opinions of Northern Virginia, and not just to rural voters in the rest of the Commonwealth.
Legislative history
Ramadan served on the several committees in the Virginia House of Delegates, specifically Privileges & Elections, Science & Technology, and the General Laws Committee. He served as the chairman of the P&E Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee. Ramadan was the co-founder and co-chairman of the "Business Development Caucus," and the co-founded and co-chairman of the "Redskins Pride Caucus". Ramadan authored several pieces of legislation which became law during his four years in the Virginia House: · Constitutional Amendment in support of military families
