Hamid Frangieh
Hamid Beik Frangieh ( Frangié , Arabic حميد قبلان فرنجية Hamid Qublan Faranjiya ; * August 6, 1907 in Zgharta ; † September 5, 1981 in Beirut ) was a Lebanese Christian-Maronite politician , international lawyer , diplomat and statesman.
Life
Frangieh was one of the fathers of the independence of the Republic of Lebanon. A member of one of the most powerful traditional family clans in Northern Lebanon ( Zgharta ), he was elected to the Lebanese parliament in 1932 at the age of 25 under the French mandate, to which he belonged without interruption until he was seriously ill in 1957. He held several ministerial offices and was foreign minister from 1945 to 1949 .
Under the government of the pro-Western President Camille Chamoun , to whom he was narrowly defeated in the presidential election, Hamid Frangieh led the pan-Arab opposition within the Christian camp, which was sympathetic to the Nasserists. After a brain hemorrhage, he had to withdraw from political life.
His parliamentary mandate fell to his younger brother Suleiman Frangieh , who was a minister several times and from 1970 to 1976 Lebanese president. Hamid Frangieh's sons are the sociologist and author Samir Frangieh and the political scientist and cultural philosopher Nabil Frangieh .
Web links
- Hamid Franjieh, Lebanese politician ( Encyclopaedia Britannica )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frangieh, Hamid |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frangieh, Hamid Beik (full name); Frangié, Hamid; حميد قبلان فرنجية (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zgharta |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 1981 |
| Place of death | Beirut |