Karim Pakradouni

Karim Pakradouni ( Armenian Քերիմ Բագրատունի , Arabic كريم بقرادوني,; * August 18, 1944 in Bourj Hammoud near Beirut ) is a Lebanese lawyer ; he was an Armenian Apostolic Christian who has now converted to the Maronites .

Pakradouni was born to an Armenian Orthodox father and a Maronite mother. He has no family ties with Lebanon's political elite. His father Minas Pakradounian left Armenia in 1920 and settled in Aleppo before moving to Greater Lebanon a few years later .

Pakradouni, who graduated from Université Saint-Joseph , had been a leading figure in the Kata'ib party since 1968 and was elected to the party's political leadership in 1970. He led the so-called group of "Arabists" in the Phalange , who favored close relations with Syria . During the 1980s he was a leading figure in the Forces Libanaises . In 2004 he was Minister of State for Administrative Development in the government of Rafic Hariri .

Individual evidence

^ Gary C. Gambill, Ziad K. Abdelnour and Bassam Endrawos: Dossier: Karim Pakradouni . In: Middle East Intelligence Bulletin . 3, No. 12, December 2001. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
↑ Robert G. Rabil: Embattled neighbors: Syria, Israel and Lebanon . Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003, ISBN 978-1-58826-149-6 , pp. 83 ( google.com [accessed April 3, 2011]).

personal data
SURNAME	Pakradouni, Karim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pakraduni, Karim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lebanese politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 18, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	Beirut

[1] Gary C. Gambill, Ziad K. Abdelnour and Bassam Endrawos: Dossier: Karim Pakradouni . In: Middle East Intelligence Bulletin . 3, No. 12, December 2001. Retrieved June 15, 2012.

[2] Robert G. Rabil: Embattled neighbors: Syria, Israel and Lebanon . Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003, ISBN 978-1-58826-149-6 , pp. 83 ( google.com [accessed April 3, 2011]).