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Hamid Beik Frangieh
Hamid Frangieh (6 August 1907 – 5 September 1981) was a Lebanese member of the Parliament of Lebanon and held numerous ministerial positions in the Lebanese government. He was one of the Maronite leaders of Lebanon. Early life Hamid was born in Ehden Lebanon, the son of Kabalan Suleimen Frangieh and Lamia Raffoul from Ejbah Lebanon. The family had a long history of public service, his grandfather (1847-1908) acting as District Governor; his father, a member of Parliament (in 1929); and his brother Suleiman becoming President of Lebanon. Hamid attended "Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes" school in Tripoli, for his primary education, then to Aintoura for his secondary education. In 1930, he graduated in law from the Université de Saint-Joseph in Beirut. His early career was both in the law and journalism, with Hamid becoming one of the cofounders and columnists of the ''Le Jour'' newspaper in 1933. Government career Frangieh was elected as a member of Parliament for the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs And Emigrants (Lebanon)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants is the Lebanese government ministry in charge of the country's foreign affairs and maintaining relations with its large emigrant communities. List of ministers External linksMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Official website at Rulers.org {{Authority control |
Université De Saint-Joseph
Saint Joseph University of Beirut ( French: ''Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth'', abbreviated to and commonly known as "USJ") is a private Catholic research university located in Beirut, Lebanon, which was founded in 1875 by French Jesuit missionaries. It is regarded among the top and most reputable academic institutions in Lebanon and the Middle East. Its alumni include numerous Lebanese presidents, ministers, judges, lawyers, philosophers, writers, scientists, intellectuals, artists, clerics and beyond. As Lebanon's oldest and main French university, it promotes Lebanese culture while openly disregarding ethno-religious affiliations during admissions and encourages a trilingual teaching of French, Arabic and English. Additionally, it is known in Lebanon and the Middle East for its university hospital, the Hôtel-Dieu de France, and for its prestigious and historical Faculty of Law, modern Lebanon's oldest law school and the first law school in Lebanon since the ancient Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Parliament Of Lebanon
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Foreign Ministers Of Lebanon
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Finance Ministers Of Lebanon
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Lebanese Maronites
Lebanese Maronite Christians ( ar, المسيحية المارونية في لبنان; syc, ܡܫܝܚܝ̈ܐ ܡܪ̈ܘܢܝܐ ܕܠܒܢܢ) are adherents of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, which is the largest Christian denomination in the country. The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church. The Lebanese Maronite Christians are believed to constitute about 30% of the total population of Lebanon according to election results. Lebanon's constitution was intended to guarantee political representation for each of the nation's ethno-religious groups. The Maronite Catholics and the Druze founded modern Lebanon in the early eighteenth century, through the ruling and social system known as the " Maronite-Druze dualism" in Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate. Under the terms of an unwritten agreement known as the National Pact between the various political and religious leaders of Lebanon, the president of the country must be a Maronit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Zgharta
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1981 Deaths
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1907 Births
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Samir Frangieh
Samir Frangieh (4 December 1945 – 11 April 2017) was a Lebanese politician and a leftist intellectual. He was a member of the Lebanese Parliament. He was from the Frangieh family, one of the well-known political families of Lebanon. Early life Frangieh was born in Zgharta on 4 December 1945. He hailed from an old political family, Frangieh family. He is the son of Hamid Kabalan Frangieh and Lamia Michel (née Raffoul). Hamid Frangieh was the elder brother of Suleiman Frangieh who was the President of Lebanon in the period 1970-1976. Therefore, Suleiman Frangieh Jr. and Samir Frangieh were cousins. Career Frangieh was a leading journalist. He contributed to many leading publications, including ''L'Orient'' (1970), ''L'Orient-Le Jour'' (1971–1975), ''Le Monde diplomatique'', ''Libération'', ''An Nahar'', '' As Safir'' and ''Financial Times''. He joined the Lebanese Communist Party and left it in 1967. He was the founder of the Lebanese Communist Union which was disestabli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Finance (Lebanon)
The Ministry of Finance (MOF; ar, وزارة المالية; french: Ministère des Finances) is a ministry of the government of Lebanon. The following are the Finance Ministers of Lebanon: * Riad El Solh, 25 September 1943 – 3 July 1944 * Hamid Franjieh, 3 July 1944 – 9 January 1945 *Abdul Hamid Karami, 9 January 1945 – 22 August 1945 *Jamil Lahoud, 22 August 1945 – 14 December 1946 *Camille Chamoun, 14 December 1946 – 7 June 1947 * Mohamad Al Aboud, 7 June 1947 – 26 July 1948 *Hussein Al Oweini, 26 July 1948 – 7 June 1951 * Philippe Takla, 7 June 1951 – 11 February 1952 *Jamil Lahoud, 11 February 1952 – 9 September 1952 * Moussa Moubarak, 9–18 September 1952 * Bassil Trad, 18–30 September 1952 * Georges Hakim, 30 September 1952 – 16 August 1953 *Pierre Edde, 16 August 1953 – 1 March 1954 * Abdallah El-Yafi, 1 March 1954 – 16 September 1954 * Mehiddine Nsouli, 16 September 1954 – 9 July 1955 *Pierre Edde, 9 July 1955 – 19 September 1955 * Jamil Sheh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It has 193 member states and 12 associate members, as well as partners in the non-governmental, intergovernmental and private sector. Headquartered at the World Heritage Centre in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 national commissions that facilitate its global mandate. UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations's International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.English summary). Its constitution establishes the agency's goals, governing structure, and operating framework. UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the Second World War, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboration and dialogue among nations. It pursues this objective t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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