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Hamid Frangieh 1907 - 1981
Hamid Frangieh was born
on the 6th of August 1907 in Ehden. His parents were Kabala
n
Sleiman Frangieh and his mother Lamia Mikhaiil Raffoul. He went to “Frères
des Ecoles Chrétiennes” school in Tripoli where he got his elementary
education then to Aintoura for his secondary education. In 1930, he
graduated in law from university
St. Joseph
in Beirut.
Besides his career as a lawyer, he became in 1933 one of the cofounders and one of the columnists of the “Le Jour” newspaper. In 1941 he married his cousin Berte Shaarawi and they had six children: Kabalan, Samir, Nabil, Marie-Claude, Zeina and Liliane.
Hamid Frangieh was elected a parliament member in 1932, he was less than 27 years old. In 1937 he became the sole member of the opposition in North Lebanon to be elected. He then succeeded to be reelected 5 more times: 1943,1947,1951,1953 and 1957 before he withdrew from political life due to illness.
Hamid Frangieh in the United Nations
Hamid Frangieh in Zgharta during elections campaign
Hamid Frangieh was appointed minister several times:
- 1/11/1938 minister of finance
- 1/1/1941 minister of foreign affairs and emigration
- 3/7/1944 minister of finance
- 21/8/1945 minister of foreign affairs and minister of education
- 7/6/1947 minister of foreign affairs and minister of education
- 26/7/1948 minister of foreign affairs and minister of education
- 16/8/1949 minister of foreign affairs and minister of education
- 9/7/1955 minister of foreign affairs and emigration, he resigned 2 months later.
A photo gallery of Hamid Frangieh return from France in 1960
In 1955 nominated minister for the last time in Sami Solh cabinet
He will always be remembered as the one who negotiated the withdrawal of French troops from Lebanon in 1946.
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