Fouad Ammoun

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Fouad Ammoun (born  November 25, 1899 in Dair al-Qamar ; †  February 11, 1977 ) was a Lebanese lawyer and diplomat .

He was born to Maronite Christians and studied law in Beirut , Lyon and Monrovia . After working as a lawyer , he entered the diplomatic service in his home country and worked as a diplomat , including between 1948 and 1965 as a representative of Lebanon at the General Assemblies of the United Nations (UN). In addition, he was temporarily Secretary General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from April 1 to November 18, 1964 Lebanese Foreign Minister.

From November 16, 1965, he worked as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague . He succeeded the Egyptian judge Abdul Badawi , who died in office in August of the same year. Fouad Ammoun initially worked at the Court until the end of Badawi's remaining term in February 1967, but was re-elected in October 1966 for a rotating nine-year term. From 1970 until he left the court in 1976 he was its vice-president.

In 1960 Fouad Ammoun received the Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon from the Federal Republic of Germany.

literature

  • Fouad Ammoun. In: Arthur Eyffinger, Arthur Witteveen, Mohammed Bedjaoui : La Cour internationale de Justice 1946–1996. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague and London 1999, ISBN 90-411-0468-2 , p. 263
  • Fouad Ammoun , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 39/1976 of September 13, 1976, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
  • Sketches of the Five New Judges. Fouad Ammoun. In: The New York Times . Edition dated November 4, 1966
personal data
SURNAME Ammoun, Fouad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ammun, Fuad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lebanese lawyer and judge at the International Court of Justice
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Dair al-Qamar
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1977