Petro Trad
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Petro Trad | |
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بيترو طراد | |
Riad Solh | |
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| Born | 1886 Beirut, Ottoman Empire[1] |
| Died | 5 April 1947 (aged 60–61) Beirut, Lebanon[2] |
| Relations | Nina Helou (niece) |
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Petro Trad (
Biography
Trad was born to an
After
He was elected deputy from Beirut in 1925 serving in the
Trad could not stay neutral in the fierce political feud between the staunchly pro-French Émile Eddé and the independentist Bechara El Khoury. In his memoirs Bechara El Khoury accuses Trad of supporting Eddé. In fact, Trad believed that both El Khoury and Eddé were incapable of winning the presidency and he promoted himself as a consensus candidate.
Trad became president by default for an interim period. He was briefly appointed by the French government as President, to oversee the election of a new president by members of an appointed parliament. The election of Bechara El Khoury in 1943 made it clear to him that his chances of winning the presidency were nil. He died in Beirut on 5 April 1947.
References
- ^ Ya Beyrouth: Trad Family (in Arabic)
- ^ "Index Tj-Tz".
- ^ (in Arabic) Republic of Lebanon - House of Representatives History
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