Habib Abu Shahla
Habib Abu Shahla (Arabic: حبيب أبو شهلا / Ḥabīb Abū Shahlā, also spelled Abou Chahla) or Abi Shahla (Arabic: أبي شهلا / Abī Shahlā, also spelled Abi Chahla; 1902 – 22 March 1957[1]) was a Lebanese politician and public figure, several times member of Parliament.[1] He hailed from an Orthodox family.[2] Abu Shahla had studied at the American University of Beirut and at the University of Paris.[3] He was the minister of justice in 1943 and the minister of education and Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon between 1943 and 1945 and the speaker of the Lebanese Parliament between 1946 and 1947.[4]
Habib Abu Shahla حبيب أبو شهلا | |
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| 2nd Legislative Speaker of Lebanon | |
| In office 22 October 1946 – 7 April 1947 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon and Minister of Education | |
| In office 1943–1945 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 1943–1943 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1902 Beirut, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 22 March 1957 (aged 54–55) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Education | American University of Beirut University of Paris |
A street bears his name and a statue of him stands in Beirut.
References
- "Obituary". Middle East Forum. Vol. 32. p. 12.
- Oren Barak (November 2000). "The Hardships of Consociation, the Perils of Partition: Lebanon, 1943-1990". Davis Occasional Papers. 86: 6.
- Donald Malcolm Reid (1981). Lawyers and Politics in the Arab World: 1880–1960. p. 257. ISBN 9780882970288.
- Imad Salamey (15 October 2013). The Government and Politics of Lebanon. ISBN 9781135011321.
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