• January 26: Fares is awarded in Paris with a jubilee decoration “In Honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia 1934-2009”. The award was presented by the Rector of the Ministry Mr. Alexandr Banov
• February 2: The Issam Fares Lecture given by former US British Prime Minister Mr. Tony Blair under the title ‘Remarks by former British Prime Minister Mr. Tony Blair’
• March 9: Fares stresses to the ‘Monday Morning’ the need for an entente electoral list
• March 16: The Issam Fares Center organizes a seminar on the Constitutional Council
• March 18: Fares visits H.E. the President of the Lebanese Republic Mr. Michel Sleiman in Paris. Discussions focus on the local situation
• April 3: The Embassy of Switzerland and Issam Fares Center for Lebanon organize a conference on ‘Defense and Security: The Swiss Experience’ at Monroe Hotel
• April 4: Fares announces his decision not to run in the parliamentary electoral race
• April 6: Issam Fares to the ‘Monday Morning’ Magazine: ‘Akkar is always present in my mind, my conscience, and my heart’
• April 14: ‘Al Anwar’ writes, ‘The Legislative Polls Are Incomplete Without Fares’
• April 27: The Issam Fares Center for Lebanon organizes a roundtable about ‘how to make a deputy in Lebanon’
• May 10: Laying the cornerstone of Issam Fares Social Hall that is affiliated to the Orthodox Church in the village of Dahr el-Laisineh
• June 8: Inauguration of Issam Fares Forum at the Balamand University
• July 8: Seminar held at the Issam Fares Center for Lebanon by H.E. the Justice Minister Professor Ibrahim Najjar under the title ‘To Be A Justice Minister in Lebanon’
• July 19: Nijad Fares declares, ‘My father quit the politics, Parliament, and Government; However, he will remain by the side of the Lebanese people'   
• August 11: The Norwegian Embassy decides to finance two key projects at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy& International Affairs for the next academic year  
• August 12: Seminar at Issam Fares Center for Lebanon under the title ‘The Christian Political Reality: The Challenges of Disagreement& Consensus’   
• Under the slogan ‘For A Better Future’, the Fares Foundation holds a recreation camp for nearly 100 child in Bayno
• August 19: Completion of Issam Fares Oasis for Development& Heritage at the Patriarchate Park in Diman
• August 21: Inauguration of Issam Fares Oasis for Development& Heritage at the Maronite Patriarchate Park in Diman
• August 24: Seminar at Issam Fares Center for Lebanon held under the title ‘The Phenomenon of Jumblat: Constants& Changes’ 
  
• September 16: Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy& International Affairs organizes an international conference on 'Education for Social Re-Integration in Lebanon'
• October 17: Issam Fares Center for Lebanon organizes a seminar on military service
• October 22: His Excellency Mr. Issam Fares& Mrs. Hala Fares are hosted by former Senior US President George Bush& Mrs. Barbara Bush in Texas   
  
• October 28: International honoring for His Excellency with former US Presidents George Bush Senior and Bill Clinton during a banquet held by the International Crisis Group
  
• November 5: Issam Fares Center for Lebanon holds a seminar under the title 'The Taef Agreement after Twenty Years'
• November 18: Issam Fares Center for Lebanon holds a conference on the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon: The Issue of the Refugees Awaits the Settlement of the Middle East Crisis
• November 25: Inauguration of Issam Fares Hall for Cultural& Artistic Activities at the American University of Technology AUT in Jbeil
  
• December 5: Issam Fares Center for Lebanon organizes a reunion with the intellectual Mr. Monah el-Solh
• December 20: Seminar at Issam Fares Center for Lebanon under the title 'Tourism, between Industry and Culture'