Takieddin el-Solh
Takieddin el-Solh | |
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تقي الدين الصلح | |
 El-Solh in 1957 | |
| Prime Minister of Lebanon | |
| In office 21 June 1973 – 31 October 1974 | |
| President | Suleiman Frangieh |
| Preceded by | Amin al-Hafez |
| Succeeded by | Rachid Solh |
Takieddin el-Solh (also Takieddin Solh, Takieddin as-Solh;
Prime Minister of Lebanon
from 1973 to 1974, and again briefly in 1980.
El-Solh was born in
Elias Sarkis
asked el-Solh to form a government, but he was unable to do so and resigned in October.
His wife was Fadwa Barazi El-Solh.
Takieddin was known for wearing the
tarboush. He was faced with extensive objection by the Syrians and was told to leave Lebanon. He spent his last days in Paris, where he died aged 80.[2]
In art and culture
The mansion Takieddin el-Solh and Fadwa Barazi El-Solh had inhabited was the subject of an installation displaying photographs, newspapers, films, texts and drawings in the exhibition of Gregory Buchakjian, Abandoned Dwellings of Beirut, that took place at the Villa Empain in Brussels, 2019.[3]
References
- ^ "Former Ministers". 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Takieddin Solh, Ex-Lebanese Premier, 80". New York Times. 30 November 1988. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Cornwell, Tim (9 December 2019). "Houses of memory: Inside the abandoned buildings of Beirut". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
External links
Media related to Takieddin el-Solh at Wikimedia Commons- New York Times obituary, 30 November 1988
- Takieddin el-Solh's mansion, beirut.com
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