Lucien Dahdah

Lucien Dahdah
Born
Lucien Mounir Dahdah

15 August 1929
Died16 November 2003(2003-11-16) (aged 74)
NationalityLebanese
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Academic
  • Businessman

Lucien Dahdah (Arabic: لوسيان دحداح) (15 August 1929 – 16 November 2003) was a Lebanese academic, businessman, media executive and politician, who served as foreign minister in 1975.

Early life and education

Dahdah was born on 15 August 1929.[1] He was a graduate of American University of Beirut (AUB), Sorbonne University in Paris and Birmingham University.[1][2] He graduated from AUB in 1949.[3] He received a PhD from Sorbon and Birmingham universities.[2]

Career

Dahdah worked as a university professor at his alma mater, AUB, teaching statistics and economics.[2] Then he headed the board of directors of Intra Investment from 1970 to 1976 and from 1989 to 1993.[1] He served as foreign minister in the interim cabinet led by Noureddine Rifai in 1975 under President Suleiman Frangieh.[1] Dahdah was also advisor of Frangieh when the latter was serving as the president of Lebanon.[4]

Dahdah was among the founding members of the Tele Orient channel.[1] He also served as the director general of the channel.[5] In addition, he founded the Radio Monte-Carlo-Moyen-Orient.[1] Later he became the director of Middle East Economic Digest.[6]

Personal life and death

Dahdah married twice and had a daughter.[1] He died on 16 November 2003 at the age of 74.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Lucien Dahdah, former FM, dies". Lebanonwire. 18 November 2003. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Local News". American University of Beirut. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b "In Memoriam". Main Gate. 1 (4). Winter 2004. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. ^ Farid El Khazen (2000). The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon, 1967-1976. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 417. ISBN 978-0-674-08105-5.
  5. ^ Daniel Da Cruz (September–October 1987). "T.V. In The M.E." Saudi Aramco World. Vol. 18, no. 5.
  6. ^ Rushworth M. Kidder (22 August 1980). "Burnooses among the Bowlers; London's wealthy Arab". The Christian Science Monitor. London. Retrieved 10 April 2013.