Takieddin el-Solh (also Takieddin Solh, Takieddin as-Solh; ar, تقي الدين الصلح) (1908 – 27 November 1988) was a Lebanese politician who served as the

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from 1973 to 1974, and again briefly in 1980. El-Solh was born in

Sidon Sidon ( ; he, צִידוֹן, ''Ṣīḏōn'') known locally as Sayda or Saida ( ar, صيدا ''Ṣaydā''), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital, on the Mediterranean coast. ...

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. A

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, he was a legislator representing the

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from 1957–60 and 1964–68. From 1964–65, he was Minister of the Interior in the Government of Hussein al-Oweini. In 1973, 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 ...

named him Prime Minister and

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. He served as Prime Minister until 1974, when he was succeeded by

Rachid Solh Rachid Solh ( ar, رشيد الصلح; 22 June 1926 – 27 June 2014) was a Lebanese politician and former Prime Minister, kin of one of the most eminent Sunni Muslim families in the country that brought several of its members to the office of ...

. In July 1980, President

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asked el-Solh to form a government, but he was unable to do so and resigned in October. His wife was Fadwa Barazi El-Solh. Takieddin was known for wearing the

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. He was faced with extensive objection by the Syrians and was told to leave Lebanon. He spent his last days in

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, where he died aged 80.

In art and culture

The mansion Takieddin el-Solh and Fadwa Barazi El-Solh had inhabited was the subject of an installation displaying photographs, newspapers, films, texts and drawings in the exhibition of

Gregory Buchakjian Gregory Buchakjian (born 1971, in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese photographer, filmmaker and art historian. He studied at the Paris-Sorbonne University. He is the director of the School of Visual Arts at Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts ALBA an ...

, Abandoned Dwellings of Beirut, that took place at the

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, 2019.

References

External links

New York Times obituary, Nov. 30, 1988Takieddin el-Solh's mansion, beirut.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Solh, Takieddin 1908 births 1988 deaths Finance ministers of Lebanon Government ministers of Lebanon Interior ministers of Lebanon Lebanese Sunni Muslims Members of the Parliament of Lebanon People from Sidon Prime Ministers of Lebanon Al Solh family