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Hamid Frangieh

Lebanese politician

Summary

Lebanese politician

Field	Value
image	Hamid Beik Frangieh.jpg
caption	Hamid Bey Frangieh in 1948
name	Hamid Bey Frangieh
office	7th Foreign Minister of Lebanon
term_start	1955
term_end	1955
primeminister	Sami El Solh
predecessor	Alfred Naccache
successor	Salim Lahoud
office1	2nd Finance Minister of Lebanon
term_start1	3 July 1944
term_end1	9 January 1945
primeminister1	Riad Al Solh
predecessor1	Riad Al Solh
successor1	Abdul Hamid Karami
birth_date	6 August 1907
death_date	5 September 1981
party	Independent

Hamid Frangieh (6 August 1907 – 5 September 1981) was a Lebanese member of the Parliament of Lebanon and held numerous ministerial positions in the Lebanese government. He was one of the Maronite leaders of Lebanon.

Early life

Hamid was born in Ehden Lebanon, the son of politician Kabalan Suleimen Frangieh and Lamia Raffoul from Ejbeh Lebanon. The family had a long history of public service. Kabalan Frangieh was district governor of Ehden (1908–1913) and a member of the parliament (1929–1932). His grandfather, Suleiman Ghnatios Frangieh, was district governor of Ehden (1904–1908); and his brother Suleiman became President of Lebanon.

Hamid attended "Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes" school in Tripoli, for his primary education, then to Aintoura for his secondary education. In 1930, he graduated in law from the Université de Saint-Joseph in Beirut.

His early career was both in the law and journalism, with Hamid becoming one of the cofounders and columnists of the Le Jour newspaper in 1933.

Government career

Frangieh was elected as a member of Parliament for the first time in 1932 aged 25. In 1937 he became the sole member of the opposition in North Lebanon to be elected. He was elected again on a further five times in 1943, 1947, 1951, 1953 and 1957 before he withdrew from political life due to illness. He was instrumental in ensuring UNESCO's first world conference was held in Beirut.

During his tenure as a member of Parliament, he also held ministerial offices, including as follows:

Minister of Finance (July 1944 - January 1945)
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Education (1945 - 1949)
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration, resigned 2 months later due to ill health (1941, 1955)

Personal life

In 1941 he married his cousin and they had six children: Kabalan, Samir, Nabil, Marie-Claude, Zeina and Liliane.

References

Barak, Oren. (2002). "Conflict and Peace in Lebanon". Int. J. Middle East Stud..
[https://www.ehdenfamilytree.org/getperson.php?personID=I86&tree=ehden Kabalan Frangieh on Ehden Family Tree website]
[https://www.ehdenfamilytree.org/getperson.php?personID=I727&tree=ehden Lamia Raffoul on Ehden Family Tree website]
"President Sleiman Frangieh on Ehden Family Tree website".
(December 18, 2019). "Former Ministers".

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