Nazar Najarian

Nazar Najarian
نزار نَجَاريَان
Died4 August 2020 Edit this on Wikidata
Beirut Edit this on Wikidata
NationalityLebanese
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician, businessman
Political partyKataeb Party Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldSecretary General of the Kataeb Party (2018–2020) Edit this on Wikidata

Nazar Najarian (Arabic: نزار نَجَاريَان; Armenian: Նազար Նաճարեան; circa 24 July 1957 – 4 August 2020), also known as Nazo (Arabic: نازو),[1] was a Lebanese businessman and politician of Armenian descent who served as secretary-general of Lebanon's Kataeb Party, a Christian political party, from 11 June 2018 until his death on 4 August 2020.[2]

Biography

Najarian was the eldest sibling in an Armenian family of five. He became involved in Lebanese politics at the onset of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975.[3]

In 1980, Bachir Gemayel had commissioned Nazar with the mission of "mobilizing individuals". He also undertook several missions during the Bachir Gemayel era, and especially during the Lebanese Civil War.[4]

He moved to Qatar and stayed there until October 2012, after which he went to Montreal, completely distancing himself from politics.[2][5] He was CEO at Tetran Holding Inc.

Najarian was killed on 4 August 2020, aged 63, after a series of explosions at the Port of Beirut, sent debris across the city. He suffered head trauma and succumbed to his injuries.[6][7][8][9] He was buried on 8 August 2020.[10]

References

  1. ^ "الكتائب ينعى أمينه العام نزار نجاريان الذي استشهد جراء إصابته في انفجار مرفأ بيروت". Kataeb.org. Kataeb Party. 4 August 2020. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "نزار نجاريان "الذي يحبه الجميع" أميناً عاماً لحزب الكتائب" (in Arabic). 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ Montreal businessman among victims of Beirut explosion Archived 6 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine Adam Kovac. CTV, 4 August 2020
  4. ^ Ménargues, Alain (2004). أسرار حرب لبنان من انقلاب بشير الجميل إلى حرب المخيمات الفلسطينية [Secrets of the Lebanon War] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon. p. 417. ISBN 9782123469605. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "Former Montrealer killed in deadly explosion in Beirut". CBC News. 4 August 2020. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. ^ Liz Sly. "Scores dead and more than 3,000 injured as explosions rock Beirut, Health Ministry says". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Lebanese Kataeb Party's Secretary-General Nazar Najarian killed in Beirut blast". Public Radio of Armenia. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  8. ^ Ben Hubbard; Maria Abi-Habib (4 August 2020). "Deadly Explosions Shatter Beirut, Lebanon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Secretary-general of Lebanese Kataeb Party Najarian dies in Beirut blast". news.am. Archived from the original on 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  10. ^ "تشييع نزار نجاريان واستقالة نواب الكتائب من المجلس (صور)" (in Arabic). 8 August 2020. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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