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Fuad Chehab

1902 - 1973

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Fouad Abdallah Chehab (Arabic: فُؤَاد عَبْد الله شِهَاب / ALA-LC: Fuʼād ʻAbd Allāh Shihāb; 19 March 1902 – 25 April 1973) was a Lebanese general and statesman who served as president of Lebanon from 1958 to 1964. He is considered to be the founder of the Lebanese Army after Lebanon gained independence from France, and became its first commander in 1946. Born in Ghazir to a family that traced its origins to nobility, Chehab joined the French Army in 1919. He was appointed Prime Minister of Lebanon by the outgoing president Bechara El Khoury, who resigned due to widespread demonstrations against his administration, and tasked Chehab with the role of organizing the next presidential election, in which Camille Chamoun was elected. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fuad Chehab is the 8,383rd most popular politician (down from 8,278th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Lebanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fuad Chehab ranks 8,383 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert II, Count of Dreux, Ariel Henry, Michael II Apafi, Benjamin Mkapa, Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Jaan Tõnisson. After him are Arnuwanda III, Yohannes I, Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Gaius Terentius Varro, and Joan, Duchess of Brittany.

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Among people born in 1902, Fuad Chehab ranks 106. Before him are Langston Hughes, Leon Ames, Peregrino Anselmo, Santos Iriarte, Albert Anastasia, and Albert Bormann. After him are Charan Singh, Albert Forster, Antonia Brico, Cesare Zavattini, Eric Liddell, and Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria. Among people deceased in 1973, Fuad Chehab ranks 95. Before him are Hans Globke, Jarno Saarinen, Soong Ai-ling, Joseph Szigeti, Betty Grable, and Alois Hába. After him are Frank Jack Fletcher, Johannes Aavik, Jack Hawkins, Tanzan Ishibashi, Alexander Orlov, and Yaakov Dori.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Fuad Chehab ranks 58 out of 145. Before him are Bertrand, Count of Toulouse (1065), Elias Hrawi (1926), Layal Abboud (1982), Maximus of Tyre (200), Antonella Lualdi (1931), and Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (1946). After him are Suleiman Frangieh (1910), Marinus of Tyre (100), René Moawad (1925), Nicolas Hayek (1928), Etel Adnan (1925), and Selim Hoss (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Fuad Chehab ranks 27. Before him are Raymond II, Count of Tripoli (1115), Bechara El Khoury (1890), Camille Chamoun (1900), Omar Karami (1934), Hassan Diab (1959), and Elias Hrawi (1926). After him are Suleiman Frangieh (1910), René Moawad (1925), Nicolas Hayek (1928), Selim Hoss (1929), Imad Mughniyah (1962), and Samir Geagea (1952).

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