Antoine Ghanem

Antoine Ghanem
Born10 August 1943
Tohwita, Beirut
Died19 September 2007 (aged 64)
Sin el Fil, Beirut
Resting placeTohwita, Beirut
NationalityLebanese
Alma materUniversité Saint-Joseph
University of Lyon
OccupationLawmaker

Antoine Ghanem (Arabic: أنطوان غانم‎; 10 August 1943 – 19 September 2007) was a Lebanese politician and an MP in the Lebanese Parliament. He was also a member of the Kataeb party and the March 14 Coalition. He was murdered on 19 September 2007 in a car bomb explosion in the Sin el Fil suburb of Beirut.[1][2] He was the eighth anti-Syrian figure assassinated since the assassination of Rafik Hariri on 14 February 2005.[3]

Early life and education

Ghanem was born in the Tohwita suburb of Beirut on 10 August 1943.[4] He attended the Collège Notre Dame in Furn el Chebek and the Collège du Sacré-Cœur in Gemmayzeh, both private Catholic schools. After earning a degree in law from the Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut and the University of Lyon,[4] he taught law for several years at the Lebanese University. He joined the Kataeb Party in 1961 and later became head of its Baabda District.[4]

Political career

In 2000, Ghanem was elected to the Lebanese Parliament for Baabda constituency,[5][6] running on the list of Druze leader Walid Jumblat. A member of the block of the "democratic meeting" Qornet Chehwan Gathering,[7] he enjoyed nevertheless a certain autonomy considering his membership of the Kataeb Party. He supported Amine Gemayel in the political struggle within the Kataeb Party, countered the pro-Syrian president of the party Karim Pakradouni and posted himself as an important speaker within the reforming Movement of the Kataeb Party directed by Gemayel.

In September 2004, he voted against the extension of President Émile Lahoud's term. He actively participated in the Cedar Revolution after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

He was re-elected in 2005 to his post of deputy and seat to the political council of the Kataeb Party, after the reunification of this party and the reconciliation between Gemayel and Pakradouni.

Personal life

Ghanem was married to Lolla Abdallah Neemeh.[4] They had four children.[4]

Assassination

Ghanem returned to Beirut from Abu Dhabi on 16 September 2007,[8] just two days before the assassination.[9] Like many other anti-Syrian legislators, he used to travel abroad during the summer months due to safety concerns.[9] According to reports, nearly forty 14 March MPs including him traveled abroad after the assassination of Walid Eido and returned to Lebanon two days before the assassination.[10] Ghanem and the other MPs stayed at the Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel under heavy security after their return.[10]

The car-bomb that killed him along with at least six others, including his two bodyguards, one of whom is Antoine Daou,[8] exploded at a junction of a main street filled with rush hour traffic in the densely populated and mostly Christian neighborhood of Horsh Tabet in Sin el Fil.[9][10] The bomb was reported to be booby-trapped.[10] Ghanem was at the age of 64.[3] According to source who looked into the assassination, it was linked to Unit 121 that was responsible of a large number of assassinations in Lebanon.[11][12][13]

Perpetrators

Kuwaiti newspaper Al Seyassah reported that the Ghanem assassination was a direct result of Syria re-opening its borders[14] with Lebanon on 17 September 2007, two days before the assassination.[15] According to Al Seyassah's sources inside Syria, the assassination was performed by Syrian intelligence, who continuously monitored Ghanem's movements. The agents rented two apartments, one near the residence of Ghanem in Qlei'at and the other near the crime scene in Sin el Fil. The sources revealed that the killers left Lebanon immediately after the assassination, completely disguised as Syrian workers.[15]

Burial

Ghanem's body was buried in the Beirut suburb of Tohwita.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ Blast hits Christian suburb in Lebanon, kills 4, USA Today, 19 September 2007.
  2. ^ Lebanese MP 'killed in bombing', BBC News, 19 September 2007
  3. ^ a b "Recent assassinations". The Boston Globe. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e Who's Who in Lebanon (19th ed.). Beirut: Publitec Publications. 2007. p. 139. doi:10.1515/9783110945904.476. ISBN 978-3-598-07734-0.
  5. ^ "Opposition Candidates Win Elections". APS Diplomat Recorder. 9 September 2000. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  6. ^ Gary C. Gambill; Daniel Nassif (5 September 2000). "Lebanon's Parliamentary Elections: Manufacturing Dissent". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 2 (8).
  7. ^ "Qornet Shehwan Gathering" (PDF). Middle East Mirror. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2012.
  8. ^ a b Ana Maria Luca; Nadine Elali (19 February 2011). "Gone at 23". Now Lebanon. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  9. ^ a b c Blanford, Nicholas (19 September 2007). "An Assassination in Lebanon". Time. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  10. ^ a b c d Ghazal, Rym (20 September 2007). "MP Antoine Ghanem assassinated". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Beirut car bomb kills anti-Syrian MP, 7 others". 2007.
  12. ^ "Beirut car bomb kills anti-Syrian lawmaker". NBC News. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  13. ^ Chidiac, Emad (2022). "Lebanon's Unsolved Political Killings: A Brief Recent History".
  14. ^ Syria reopens 2 border crossings with northern Lebanon Archived 6 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Ya Libnan, 19 September 2007
  15. ^ a b Syrian plot to kill Lebanon's MP Ghanem exposed Archived 19 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Ya Libnan, 27 September 2007
  16. ^ "March 14 Officials Lay Wreaths at Graves of Cedar Revolution Martyrs". Naharnet. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

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