Taymur Jumblatt
{{short description|Lebanese politician (born 1982)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Taymur Jumblatt
| native_name = {{Script/Arabic|تيمور جنبلاط}}
| native_name_lang = ar
| office = Leader of the Progressive Socialist Party
| office1 = Member of the Lebanese Parliament
| constituency1 = Chouf (2018, 2022)
| term_start1 = 15 May 2018
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Walid Jumblatt
| successor1 =
| nationality = Lebanese
| profession = Politician
| predecessor = Walid Jumblatt
| termstart = 25 May 2023
| party = Progressive Socialist Party
| spouse = Diana Zu'aytir
| parents = Walid Jumblatt (father)
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1982}}
| image = Minister of Health of Lebanon Russia meeting (cropped Taymour Jumblatt).jpg
| caption = Taymur Jumblatt in 2015
}}
Taymur Walid Jumblatt ({{Langx|ar|تيمور وليد جنبلاط|translit=Taymūr Walīd Junblāṭṭ}}; born 1982) is a Lebanese politician of the Lebanese Druze community and leader of the Progressive Socialist Party since 2023 and its parliamentary bloc, the Democratic Gathering, since 2018.
Early life and education
Jumblatt was born in 1982. He is the son of the leader Walid Jumblatt and grandson of Kamal Jumblatt who are members of the historic Druze Jumblatt clan in the Chouf mountains.
He was educated at the American University of Beirut (BA in political science), and Sorbonne University, France, (MA in political science).{{Cite web|title=Taymour Jumblatt
|url=https://www.weforum.org/people/taymour-jumblatt/|access-date=2021-04-02|website=World Economic Forum|language=en}}
Career
In 2011 he became second in command of the Progressive Socialist Party behind his father, Walid.{{Cite web|last=Dagher|first=Ramez|date=2015-03-20|title=Introducing Taymour|url=https://moulahazat.com/2015/03/20/introducing-taymour/|access-date=2019-09-18|website=Moulahazat|language=en}} In the May 2018 elections, he was elected a member of the Lebanese Parliament, representing the Chouf-Aley district in Mount-Lebanon Governorate. He is a member of the World Economic Forum.
Taymur took over the power from Walid Jumblatt in March 2017 as he was a political heir which was part of the traditional dynastic politics that plays a big role in the Lebanese government.{{Cite web |title=Taymur Jumblatt becomes leader of Lebanon's Druze community |url=https://en.qantara.de/content/taymur-jumblatt-becomes-leader-of-lebanons-druze-community |access-date=2019-09-18 |website=Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Meeting a retired warlord and the spiritual leaders of the Druze |url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/walid-jumblatt-druze/ |access-date=2019-09-18 |website=TheTLS |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=The future of Lebanon's political dynasties |url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/the-future-of-lebanon-s-political-dynasties-1.760691 |access-date=2019-09-18 |website=The National |language=en}} The handover was done at 40th anniversary of Kamal Jumblatt’s assassination at a ceremony where Walid placed a traditional keffiyeh scarf on Taymur's shoulders.{{cite journal |author=Eyal Zisser |date=Fall 2017 |title=Under the Glass Ceiling and in the Family ‘Cage’: The Role of Women in Lebanese Politics |url=https://doi.org/10.26351/1 |journal=The Journal for Interdisciplinary Middle Eastern Studies |volume=1 |page=16 |doi=10.26351/1|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |title=Taymour Jumblatt |url=https://www.joshualandis.com/blog/a-look-back-at-kamal-jumblatt-and-the-progressive-socialist-party/taymour-jumblatt/ |access-date=2019-09-18 |website=Syria Comment}}
In late May 2023, his father, Walid Jumblatt declared his resignation as leader of the Progressive Socialist Party after a 46-year tenure. Around 2,000 supporters gathered in Ain Zhalta, a Druze town in the Chouf mountains of Mount Lebanon, where members of the Progressive Socialist Party named Jumblatt as their new leader.{{Cite web |last=AFP |title=Lebanon’s main Druze party names new leader, son of longtime party chief |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/lebanons-main-druze-party-names-new-leader-son-of-longtime-party-chief/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}} Jumblatt was the sole contender.
Personal life
Jumblatt is married to Diana Zu'ytar who descends from a Shiite family based in the Beqaa Valley.
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Category:People from Chouf District
Category:Lebanese Druze people
Category:Lebanese people of Kurdish descent
Category:21st-century Lebanese politicians
Category:Progressive Socialist Party politicians
Category:Members of the Parliament of Lebanon
Category:American University of Beirut alumni
Category:College of Sorbonne alumni
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