Hamid Frangieh
{{short description|Lebanese politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| 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
}}
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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.{{cite journal|last=Barak|first=Oren|title=Conflict and Peace in Lebanon|journal=Int. J. Middle East Stud.|year=2002|pages=619–644|doi=10.1017/S0020743802004026 |s2cid=161175759 |url=http://politics.huji.ac.il/OrenBarak/ijmes.pdf|access-date=18 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814155356/http://politics.huji.ac.il/OrenBarak/ijmes.pdf|archive-date=14 August 2007}}
Early life
Hamid was born in Ehden Lebanon, the son of politician Kabalan Suleimen Frangieh[https://www.ehdenfamilytree.org/getperson.php?personID=I86&tree=ehden Kabalan Frangieh on Ehden Family Tree website] and Lamia Raffoul[https://www.ehdenfamilytree.org/getperson.php?personID=I727&tree=ehden Lamia Raffoul on Ehden Family Tree website] 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{{Cite web |url=https://www.ehdenfamilytree.org/getperson.php?personID=I85&tree=ehden |title=President Sleiman Frangieh on Ehden Family Tree website |access-date=2020-04-16 |archive-date=2021-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119150516/https://www.ehdenfamilytree.com/getperson.php?personID=I85&tree=ehden |url-status=live }} 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){{Cite web|url=http://www.finance.gov.lb/en-us/About/Minister/Pages/Former-Ministers.aspx|title=Former Ministers|date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218051220/http://www.finance.gov.lb/en-us/About/Minister/Pages/Former-Ministers.aspx|archive-date=2019-12-18}}
- 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
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External links
- [https://www.ehdenfamilytree.org/getperson.php?personID=I87&tree=ehden Hamid Frangieh on Ehden Family Tree Website]
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Category:Saint Joseph University alumni
Category:Finance ministers of Lebanon
Category:Foreign ministers of Lebanon
Category:Members of the Parliament of Lebanon