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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 |
Coat Of Arms Of Lebanon
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The coat of arms of Lebanon ( ar, شعار لبنان) consists of a red shield with a white bend sinister on which is placed a cedar tree. It is very similar to the flag of Lebanon, with the exception of the Spanish fess on the flag being changed into a bend sinister. The coat of arms was never officially adopted, but is used ''de facto''. References National symbols of Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Malik
Charles Habib Malik (sometimes spelled ''Charles Habib Malik''; 11 February 1906 – 28 December 1987; ar, شارل مالك) was a Lebanese academic, diplomat, philosopher, and politician. He served as the Lebanese representative to the United Nations, the President of the Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations General Assembly, a member of the Lebanese Cabinet, a national minister of Education and the Arts, and of Foreign Affairs and Emigration, and theologian. He participated in the drafting of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Birth and education Born in Btourram, Ottoman Empire, Malik was the son of Dr. Habib Malik and Dr. Zarifa Karam. Malik was the great-nephew of the renowned author Farah Antun. Malik was educated at the American Mission School for Boys, now Tripoli Evangelical School for Girls and Boys in Tripoli and the American University of Beirut, where he graduated with a degree in mathematics and physics. He moved on to Cairo in 1929, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farès Boueiz
Farès Boueiz (Arabic: فارس بويز, born 15 January 1955) is a Lebanese jurist who served as a foreign minister for two terms as well as an environment minister. Early life and education On 15 January 1955, Boueiz was born into a Maronite family in Zouk Mikael. In 1977 he obtained a law degree from Saint Joseph University in Lebanon, and in 1978 he specialized in corporate and international law at Jean Moulin University in Lyon, France. Career Boueiz is a lawyer by profession. In 1989 and 1990, he was appointed as Elias Hrawi's, President of Lebanon, personal representative to France, Syria and the Vatican. From 1990 to 1992, he served as foreign minister from when he left office for a few months following the general elections in 1992 and was temporarily replaced by Nasri Maalouf in the post. It was Boueiz who participated in a first official meeting with the PLO's Farouk Qaddumi, head of the group's political department, in the mid-May 1991 after a long period. Boue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selim Hoss
Selim Ahmed Hoss ( ar, سليم أحمد الحص; also transliterated ''Salim Al-Hoss;'' born 20 December 1929) is a veteran Lebanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon and a longtime Member of Parliament representing his hometown, Beirut. He is known as a technocrat. Early life and personal life Hoss was born into a Sunni Muslim family in Beirut in 1929. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from the American University of Beirut and a PhD in business and economics from Indiana University in the United States. Hoss was married to Leila Pharaoun, a Maronite Christian who converted to Islam at the end of her life in order to be buried next to her husband in a Muslim cemetery, according to a 2000 interview with Hoss. Political career El-Hoss served as prime minister of Lebanon four times. The first was from 1976 until 1980 during the first years of the Lebanese Civil War. His second, and most controversial term, was from 1987 until 1989, when i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elie Salem
Elie Salem (born 1930) is a Lebanese academic and politician. He served as the deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs between 1982 and 1984. He was the president of the University of Balamand. Early life and education Salem was born in Btourram on 5 March 1930. He graduated from American University of Beirut in 1950 obtaining a degree in political science. Then he attended an American university. Career and activities Salem worked as an academic at his alma mater and was the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences until 1982 when he was named as the minister of foreign and expatriate affairs, and also as deputy prime minister. He served in the posts until 1984 during the presidency of Amine Gemayel. Salem was a confidant of the President which allowed him to initiate the decision-making process at the ministry. Following the end of his term as foreign minister Salem founded the Institute for Policy Studies in Lebanon. In addition, he was among the advisers of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Chamoun
Camille Nimr Chamoun OM, ONC ( ar, كميل نمر شمعون, ''Kamīl Sham'ūn''; 3 April 1900 – 7 August 1987) was a Lebanese politician who served as President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Christian leaders during most of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990). Early years and education Camille Nimr Chamoun was born at Deir al-Qamar on 3 April 1900 into a prominent Maronite family. He received a law degree from Saint Joseph University. Career and activities He was first elected to the Lebanese parliament in 1934, and was reelected in 1937 and 1943. A champion of independence from France, he was arrested on 11 November 1943 and was imprisoned in Rashaïa Castle, where he was held for eleven days, along with Bishara el-Khoury and Riad Al Solh, who were to become the first president and prime minister, respectively, of the new republic. Massive public protests led to their release on 22 November, which has since been celebrated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Dahdah
Lucien Dahdah () (15 August 1929 – 16 November 2003) was a Lebanese academic, businessman, media executive and politician, who served as foreign minister in 1975. Early life and education Dahdah was born on 15 August 1929. He was a graduate of American University of Beirut (AUB), Sorbonne University in Paris and Birmingham University. He graduated from AUB in 1949. He received a PhD from Sorbon and Birmingham universities. Career Dahdah worked as a university professor at his alma mater, AUB, teaching statistics and economics. Then he headed the board of directors of Intra Investment from 1970 to 1976 and from 1989 to 1993. He served as foreign minister in the interim cabinet led by Noureddine Rifai in 1975 under President Suleiman Frangieh. Dahdah was also advisor of Frangieh when the latter was serving as the president of Lebanon. Dahdah was among the founding members of the Tele Orient channel. He also served as the director general of the channel. In addition, he fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fouad Naffah
Fouad Naffah (Arabic: فؤاد نفاع; M 1 March 1925 – 9 April 2017) was a Lebanese politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance and deputy for Keserwan (1960–1964, and 1972–1992). He held cabinet posts of Minister of Agriculture (March – May 1972), Finance (1972–1973) and Foreign Affairs (1973–1974). He was also a potential Presidential candidate at the end of the 1980s. Early life and education Born in Zouk Mikael, Keserwan on 1 March 1925, Naffah graduated from Université Saint-Joseph with a Bachelor's degree in Law in 1946. Political career He became involved in politics in 1951 and was elected as a member of parliament for Keserwan in 1960, and then re-elected in 1972. He was appointed Minister for Agriculture under the government of Prime Minister Saeb Salam and then served as Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Amin al-Hafez from 1972 to 1973, later as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Takieddin el-Solh. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil Abou Hamad
Khalil Abou Hamad (1936–1992) was a Lebanese lawyer who served as the minister of foreign affairs in the period 1970–1973. Biography Abou Hamad was born in 1936. He hailed from a Greek Catholic family. He was a lawyer by profession and founded a law firm in Beirut. He was named as the minister of foreign affairs on 13 October 1970 in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Saeb Salam, replacing Nassim Majdalani in the post. Abou Hamad remained in office until 25 April 1973 when a new cabinet formed, and Khatchig Babikian was appointed as foreign minister. When Abou Hamad was in office in December 1970 he announced the neutrality of Lebanon stating that Lebanon would not align with either side in the Cold War. In 1972 Abou Hamad visited China following the opening of National Bank of China in Beirut. Abou Hamad was one of the board of trustees members of the Diana Tamari Sabbagh Foundation which was established by Palestinian businessman Hasib Sabbagh Hasib Sabbagh ( ar, ح ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassim Majdalani
Nassim ( ar, نسیم) also transliterated as Nacim, Naseem, Nasseem, Nasim, Nesim or Nessim, is a unisex Arabic name. It is mostly used in Middle Eastern and South Asian cultures and language groups. It may refer to: Company *Nasim Sdn Bhd, a member of Naza Group of Companies People Men Nacim *Nacim Abdelali (born 1981), Algerian footballer Naseem *Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha (1871–1938), Egyptian politician *Naseem Hijazi (c. 1910–1996), Pakistani Urdu writer *Mohammad Naseem (1924–2014), Pakistani-British doctor and politician * Naseem Kharal (1939–1978), Pakistani short story writer * Farogh Naseem (born 1969), Pakistani lawyer *Naseem Hamed (born 1974), Yemeni-British boxer *Hassan Evan Naseem (1984–2003), Maldivian drug offender killed in jail *Naqeebullah Mehsud (1991–2018), also known as "Naseem Ullah", a Pakistani national ethnic Pashtun who was killed in a fake police encounter Nasim * Anwar Nasim (born 1935), Pakistani nuclear scientist and molecular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yussuf Salem
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Yussuf is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adi Yussuf (born 1992), Tanzanian footballer * Ayila Yussuf (born 1984), Nigerian football player * Bashir Yussuf (born 1905), Somali religious leader See also * Joseph * Yusuf * Yusuff * Yussuff Yussuff is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Hassan Yussuff (born 1957), Canadian politician * Rashid Yussuff (born 1989), English footballer * Yussuff Izzuddin Shah of Perak (1890–1932), Sultan of Perak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashid Karami
Rashid Abdul Hamid Karami (30 December 1921 – 1 June 1987) ( ar, رشيد كرامي) was a Lebanese statesman. He is considered one of the most important political figures in Lebanon for more than 30 years, including during much of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), and he served as prime minister ten times, making him the most democratically elected prime minister in history according to the Guinness Book of World Records 2005. He was assassinated in 1987. Early life and education Rashid Karami was born in Tripoli, North Lebanon, on 31 December 1920 into one of Lebanon's most prominent Sunni political families. He was the eldest son of Abdul Hamid Karami, an architect of Lebanese independence from France. His father was also the Grand Mufti, or supreme religious judge, of Tripoli, and served as Prime Minister in 1945. Rashid Karami graduated from Cairo University with a law degree in the 1946. Career Following his graduation Karami practiced law in Cairo for three years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
