Mikhael Daher ( ar, مخايل الضَّاهر; 15 August 1928 – 14 February 2023) was a Lebanese lawyer and politician.

Biography

Born in

Al-Qoubaiyat Al Qoubaiyat, Koubeiyat, Kobayat or Qoubayat ( ar, ٱلْقُبَيَّات) is the biggest Christian village in the Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. Its population is mostly composed of Maronites numbering around 12,000 persons according to the civil ...

on 15 August 1928, Daher studied at

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and the

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. A

Maronite The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the larges ...

, he was elected to the

Parliament of Lebanon The Lebanese Parliament ( ar, مجلس النواب, translit=Majlis an-Nuwwab; french: Chambre des députés) is the national parliament of the Republic of Lebanon. There are 128 members elected to a four-year term in multi-member constit ...

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for the

Akkar Governorate french: Gouvernorat de l'Akkar , settlement_type = Governorate , image_skyline = Berkayl.jpg , image_caption = Berkayel, Akkar Governorate , image_flag = , image_seal = , image_shield ...

in northern Lebanon. In 1988, with the mandate of

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Amine Gemayel Amine Pierre Gemayel ( ar, أمين بيار الجميٌل ; (born 22 January 1942) is a Lebanese Maronite politician who served as President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988. Born in Bikfaya, his father was Pierre Gemayel, the founder of the K ...

coming to an end, the United States and Syria attempted to keep him in office. However, the Christian militias successfully prevented his re-election. American special envoy to Lebanon, Richard Murphy, stated that it was "Mikhael Daher or chaos". In

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, Daher was re-elected to the Parliament on a pro-Syrian list. That year, he was appointed Minister of Education in the first government of

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Rafic Hariri Rafic Bahaa El Deen Al Hariri ( ar, رفيق بهاء الدين الحريري; 1 November 1944 – 14 February 2005) was a Lebanese business tycoon and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from ...

. However, he was defeated in

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, but regained his mandate as a deputy in

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. In

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, Daher stood for re-election on the list of the

Free Patriotic Movement The Free Patriotic Movement ( ar, التيار الوطني الحر, ) is a Lebanese political party. Founded by Michel Aoun in 2005, the party is currently led by Aoun son-in-law Gebran Bassil since 2015. Ideology The Free Patriotic movement ...

, but he was defeated. Mikhael Daher died in

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on 14 February 2023, at the age of 94.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daher, Mikhael 1928 births 2023 deaths Lebanese politicians Candidates for President of Lebanon Members of the Parliament of Lebanon Education ministers of Lebanon Grand Officers of the National Order of the Cedar Lebanese University alumni Saint Joseph University alumni People from Akkar Governorate