Hussein Al Oweini

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Hussein Al Oweini
Abdullah Arif Yafi
Personal details
Born(1900-12-24)24 December 1900
Beirut, Ottoman Empire
Died11 January 1971(1971-01-11) (aged 70)
Beirut, Lebanon
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Hussein Al Oweini (

Arabic: حسين العويني; 24 December 1900 – 11 January 1971) was a Lebanese businessman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Lebanon twice.[1]
He also held other cabinet positions.

Early life

Oweini was born in 1900.[2] He hailed from a Sunni family based in Beirut.[3]

Career

Oweini worked in Saudi Arabia as a business agent for the House of Saud from 1923 to 1947.[4] He founded a company, Ne'ma Te'ma, in Riyadh.[5] He had also business investments in Beirut and was one of the shareholders of Air Liban through the Busson Group.[6] The other members of the Busson Group included Antoine Sahnawi, Michel Khattar, and Georges Karam.[6] Oweini was also one of the owners of a local insurance company which was the representative of the French insurance company Union Nationale.[6]

Oweini was the

Abdullah Yafi.[2] In 1951 Oweini cofounded BLOM Bank in Lebanon.[11]

On 27 September 1957, Oweini and two other former prime ministers, Saeb Salam and Abdallah El-Yafi, were arrested on charges of planning an armed coup and riots during the elections held in May.[12] Oweini's second term as prime minister was from 20 February 1964 to 25 July 1965 under President Charles Helou.[13][14] Both his predecessor and successor was Rashid Karami as prime minister.[2] Oweini was the leader of the National Front.[15] He also served as the minister of foreign affairs and emigrants for three separate terms, from 1958 to 1960, in 1965, and 1968 to 1969. During his third term as foreign minister, Oweini also acted as minister of national defense.[16]

Personal life and death

One of Oweini's daughter is Nada Oweini who is one of the shareholders of the BLOM Bank and the wife of Saudi-Lebanese businessman Ghassan Chaker.[11] Oweini died on 11 January 1971, aged 70.[17] After his death, the Hussein Al Oweini Award was initiated in his honor.[18]

References

  1. JSTOR 4324201
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  2. ^ a b c "Rulers of Lebanon". Jewish Library. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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    ISBN 978-0-87395-291-0
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  4. ^ Saad Mehio (9 July 2002). "Prime Minister Alwaleed bin Talal? For what?". The Daily Star. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Riyadh's guest". Ain Al Yaqeen. 21 April 2000. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  6. ^
    JSTOR j.ctt183p4f5
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  7. ^ "Former Ministers". 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
  8. ^ Wassim Mroueh (14 June 2011). "Looking back on almost 7 decades of Cabinet crises". The Daily Star. Beirut. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  9. ProQuest 2323545294
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  10. JSTOR 4322271
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  11. ^
    ISBN 9789294661791
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  12. ISBN 978-0-231-50536-9
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  13. ^ George W. Cornell (2 December 1964). "Welcome Pope". The Evening News. Bombay. AP. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  14. ^ "Bridge stamps of Lebanon". Bridge Guys. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  15. ^ Wilton Wynn (22 July 1958). "Lebanon leader predicts US troop removal". Ellensburg Daily Record. Beirut. Associated Press. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  16. ^ "New peace plan for Middle East offered". The Dispatch. United Press International. 2 January 1969. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  17. ^ MEED. Economic East Economic Digest, Limited. 1971. p. 75.
  18. ^ "Zahraa Shait". American University of Beirut. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2013.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Riad Solh
 Prime Minister of Lebanon
1951 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Lebanon
1964–1965 		Succeeded by
Rashid Karami
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