Rachid Solh

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Rachid Solh
رشيد الصلح
Takieddine Solh
Succeeded byNureddine Rifai
In office
13 May 1992 – 31 October 1992
Preceded byOmar Karami
Succeeded byRafic Hariri
Personal details
Born(1926-06-22)22 June 1926[citation needed]
Lebanon
Died27 June 2014(2014-06-27) (aged 88)
Lebanon

Rachid Solh (

Sunni Muslim families in the country that brought several of its members to the office of prime ministers, and that was originally from Sidon but later moved its civil-records to Beirut
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Career

Solh was elected to the

Following the resignation of the government of Omar Karami in May 1992, President Elias Hrawi was forced to form a new government and to hold the first parliamentary elections since the end of the civil war. The elections were boycotted en masse by the main Christian political parties who cited election fraud and corruption, and his term as prime minister lasted only five months. In 1996, Rachid Solh resigned from the Lebanese government and political life. [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Liban: décès de l'ancien Premier ministre Rachid al-Solh – L'Orient-Le Jour". Lorientlejour.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  2. ^ Lebanese Premier Resigns The Telegraph (16 May 1975)
  3. JSTOR 3011712
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Political offices
Preceded by
Prime Minister of Lebanon

1974–1975
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Prime Minister of Lebanon

1992
Succeeded by