Gebran Tueni

Gebran Tueni (born September 17, 1957 in Beirut , † December 12, 2005 in Mekalles / Beirut) was a Lebanese journalist and politician.

Life

Tueni belonged to an influential Christian ( Greek Orthodox ) family in Lebanon. He studied international relations and journalism at the École des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Paris and the École Supérieure de Journalisme in Paris and management at INSEAD in Fontainebleau .

Tueni was killed in a car bomb attack in the Mekalles district of Beirut , as was two other people. He is the youngest victim of a series of attacks that took place in Lebanon in 2005 on politicians ( Marwan Hamade , Rafiq Hariri , George Hawi , Elias Murr ) and journalists ( Samir Kassir , May Chidiac ) that caused the Syrian occupation and influence on Syria criticized Lebanon, perpetrated. Most of the assassinations were fatal.

Tueni was married to Siham Asseily, with whom he had four children.

Tueni as a journalist

He was editor of the Arab daily newspaper An-Nahar and the monthly newspaper Noun (1997–2002). The daily newspaper An-Nahar was founded by his grandfather in 1933 and continued by his father Ghassan , both of whom, like Gebran, were journalistic and politically active.

Tueni as a politician

He was a member of the Qurnat Shahwan Collection , a Lebanese political movement that formed in opposition to the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. Tueni wrote a sensational article in March 2000 calling for an end to the Syrian occupation in Lebanon.

In May 2005 he was elected to the list of Saad Hariri , the son of the murdered Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, as a member of the Greek Orthodox community in the Lebanese parliament.

Tueni spoke out in favor of ending the term of office of the pro-Syrian President Émile Lahoud .

Shortly before his murder, Tueni called for an international investigation into the recently found mass grave in Anjar, located next to the former Syrian secret service headquarters in Lebanon. In a column he has accused Syria of crimes against humanity and other atrocities during the occupation of Lebanon.

Web links

Wikinews: Fatal attack on Jubran Tueni - message

personal data
SURNAME	Tueni, Gebran
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lebanese journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	17th September 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Beirut
DATE OF DEATH	December 12, 2005
Place of death	Mekalles