Habib Abou Chahla
Habib Abou Chahla (Arabic: حبيب أبو شهلا / Ḥabīb Abū Shahlā) or Abi Shahla (Arabic: أبي شهلا / Abī Shahlā; 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] Chahla 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 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 | |
| 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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