Fouad Boutros ( ar, فؤاد بطرس; 5 November 1917 in

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– 4 January 2016) was a Lebanese politician and diplomat. He held several cabinet posts in the 1960s and 1970s.

Political career

He was first elected member of the

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in the

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to one of the

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posts for Beirut. Boutrous served as

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two times: in 1966 and from 1976 to 1978. He was appointed

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in 1966, in 1968 and 1976-1982. He was the minister of foreign affairs in the period between 1976 and 1982.

Assassination attempt

On 1 November 1978, at the Saint Nicholas Church crossing in

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(KRF) militiamen ambushed the motorcade of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Minister Fouad Boutros, escorted by a commando detachment from the Counter-sabotage regiment (

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: ''Moukafaha''). Four commandos were wounded and several others taken prisoner, including the commander of the escort, Lieutenant Kozhayya Chamoun, who subsequently disappeared without a trace while on KRF custody. The ambush was carried out in retaliation for the death of the pro-Phalangist Captain Samir el-Achkar, leader of the dissident

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(LARC) and a close friend of Bashir Gemayel, during a raid by the ''Moukafaha'' commandos on his headquarters at Mtaileb in the

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earlier that same day.Hokayem, ''L'armée libanaise pendant la guerre: un instrument du pouvoir du président de la République (1975-1985)'' (2012), p. 62.

References

External links

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René Chamussy – Chronique d'une guerre, le Liban (1975-1977)
(in French)
Histoire militaire de l'armée libanaise de 1975 à 1990
(in French) 1917 births 2016 deaths Deputy prime ministers of Lebanon Defense ministers of Lebanon Foreign ministers of Lebanon Recipients of the National Order of the Cedar Greek Orthodox Christians from Lebanon Survivors of terrorist attacks Members of the Parliament of Lebanon {{Lebanon-politician-stub People of the Lebanese Civil War