Pierre Eddé

Pierre Eddé (* 1921 in Beirut ; † 1997 in São Paulo ) was a Lebanese politician and entrepreneur. He was the youngest son of President Émile Eddé and the brother of the politician Raymond Eddé .

Life

Pierre Eddé studied law at the Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut and initially became a lawyer. In 1951 he was elected for the first time as a member of the Lebanese parliament . He was part of the growing opposition that forced President Béchara el-Khoury (1943–1952) to resign in 1952 and that gathered in the so-called "National Front". He was Minister of Education and Minister of Finance during the era of President Camille Chamoun (1952-1958) .

In 1958 he left Lebanon in opposition to the dirigistic policies of President Fuad Schihab (1958–1964) and devoted himself primarily to his commercial and industrial companies in Brazil and Europe. In 1958 he founded the "Banque Beyrouth-Ryad" together with the MP Hussein Mansour .

In 1968 Pierre Eddé returned to Lebanon, in the era of President Charles Hélou (1962–1970) he was Minister of the Interior, Labor and Finance. Its economic policy favored merchants and industrialists. He was co-founder and president of the Association des Banques du Liban and editor of the French-language daily L'Orient-Le Jour .

Pierre Eddé died in São Paulo in 1997.

Web links

• La Revue du Liban : "Pierre Eddé: De l'intelligence et du cœur" (obituary)
• “Messe en souvenir d'Emile et de Pierre Eddé aujourd'hui à Ras El-Nabeh” , L'Orient-Le Jour , September 27, 1997