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 The American University of Beirut (AUB) ( ar, الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, aut ...

(AUB),

Sorbonne University Sorbonne University (french: Sorbonne Université; la Sorbonne: 'the Sorbonne') is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

and

Birmingham University , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

. 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 Suleiman Kabalan Frangieh, last name also spelled ''Frangié,'' ''Franjieh,'' or ''Franjiyeh'' (, 15 June 1910 – 23 July 1992), was a Lebanese Maronite politician who was President of Lebanon from 1970 to 1976. Early life and education Sulei ...

. 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 founded the Radio

Monte-Carlo-Moyen-Orient Monte Carlo Doualiya (MCD), formerly known as RMC Moyen-Orient ( en, Radio Monte Carlo Middle East), is a French public radio service that broadcasts across the Arab world. It was founded in 1972 and, like Radio France Internationale (RFI) is par ...

. Later he became the director of ''

Middle East Economic Digest MEED, formerly ''Middle East Economic Digest'', is a media publishing company founded in 1957 focused on economic and business news related to the Middle East. MEED also provides advertising and marketing services. History The first issue o ...

''.

Personal life and death

Dahdah married twice and had a daughter. He died on 16 November 2003 at the age of 74.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dahdah, Lucien 20th-century journalists 20th-century Lebanese businesspeople 20th-century scholars 1929 births 2003 deaths Alumni of the University of Birmingham American University of Beirut alumni American University of Beirut faculty Foreign ministers of Lebanon Lebanese expatriates in France Lebanese expatriates in the United Kingdom Lebanese journalists Lebanese Maronites Lebanese media executives University of Paris alumni