Sami Solh

{{Short description|Lebanese Sunni Muslim politician (1887–1968)}}

{{Infobox Officeholder

| name = Sami Solh

| image = Sami as-Solh.png

| office = 3rd Prime Minister of Lebanon

| president = Bishara Al Khouri

| term_start = 23 August 1945

| term_end = 22 May 1946

| predecessor = Abdul Hamid Karami

| successor = Saadi Al Munla

| president2 = Bishara Al Khouri

| term_start2 = 11 February 1952

| term_end2 = 9 September 1952

| predecessor2 = Abdallah El-Yafi

| successor2 = Nazem Akkari

| president3 = Camille Chamoun

| term_start3 = 16 September 1954

| term_end3 = 19 September 1955

| predecessor3 = Abdallah El-Yafi

| successor3 = Rashid Karami

| president4 = Camille Chamoun

| term_start4 = 18 November 1956

| term_end4 = 20 September 1958

| predecessor4 = Abdallah El-Yafi

| successor4 = Khalil al-Hibri

| birth_date = 1887

| birth_place = Ottoman Empire

| death_date = 1968 (aged 78–79)

| death_place = Beirut, Lebanon

| party = Constitutional Bloc
{{small|(1934–1958)}}
National Liberal Party
{{small|(1958–1968)}}

| spouse = Balqıs Rida Solh

| signature = Sami as-Solh signature.svg

| blank1 = Religion

| data1 = Sunni Islam

| native_name_lang = ar

| native_name = {{nobold|سامي الصلح}}

}}

Sami (El) Solh ({{langx|ar|سامي الصلح}}; 1887–1968) was a Lebanese Sunni Muslim politician. He was a relative of former Lebanese prime ministers Riad Solh, Takieddine Solh and Rachid Solh. He served as Prime Minister of Lebanon five times (1942–43, 1945–46, 1952, 1954–55, and 1956–58).

Biography

Solh was born into a Sunni family in 1887.{{cite news|title=Relations by marriage within the political class:-Reconciliations, Alliances and Hostilities|url=https://monthlymagazine.com/article-desc_1822_|access-date=8 February 2021|work=The Monthly|date=10 December 2015}} He grew up in Turkey, Greece, and Lebanon.{{Cite web|url=http://el-solh.com/timelines/sami-solh/|title=Sami el-Solh}}

Solh survived many assassination attempts two of which occurred on 20 April and 29 July 1958 while he was serving as the prime minister.{{Cite journal|last=Paksoy|first=Taylan|date=2025|title=The Myth of 'Zaim'/'Zuema': Revisiting 1950s Lebanese Elite Taxonomy and Circulation|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21520844.2025.2450867|journal=The Journal of the Middle East and Africa|volume=16|issue=1|pages=75–98|doi=10.1080/21520844.2025.2450867}}{{cite journal|author=Are Knudsen|title=Acquiescence to Assassinations in Post-Civil War Lebanon?|journal=Mediterranean Politics|date=2010|volume=15|issue=1|page=3|doi=10.1080/13629391003644611

|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/13629391003644611|url-access=subscription}} He also held the portfolio of defense minister in 1957 and 1958.{{cite web |title=الوزراء المتعاقبون على وزارة الدفاع الوطني |trans-title=Successive ministers of the Ministry of National Defense |url=http://www.pcm.gov.lb/arabic/subpg.aspx?pageid=2017 |website=pcm.gov.lb |publisher=Government of Lebanon |accessdate=14 August 2020 |language=Ar}}

Solh married Balqis Rida Solh who was the sister of the Prime Minister Riad Solh. He spoke French, Arabic, Greek and Turkish.

Honours

One of the most prominent avenues in Beirut, next to the Ministry of Justice, is named Boulevard Sami El Solh.{{Cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/28024246|title = Sami el Solh}} In 2018, a Lebanese stamp was created dedicated to the prime minister.

Knight Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Yoke and Arrows of Francoist Spain (1 April 1952)[http://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE//1952/096/A01534-01534.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado]

References

External links

{{Commons-inline}}

Category:1887 births

Category:1968 deaths

Category:Lebanese Sunni politicians

Category:Prime ministers of Lebanon

Category:Defense ministers of Lebanon

Category:Justice ministers of Lebanon

Category:Survivors of terrorist attacks

Category:National Liberal Party (Lebanon) politicians

Category:Al Solh family