Lucien Dahdah
- American University of Beirut
- Sorbonne University
- Birmingham University
- 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
- ^ a b c d e f g "Lucien Dahdah, former FM, dies". Lebanonwire. 18 November 2003. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Local News". American University of Beirut. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ a b "In Memoriam". Main Gate. 1 (4). Winter 2004. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Daniel Da Cruz (September–October 1987). "T.V. In The M.E." Saudi Aramco World. Vol. 18, no. 5.
- ^ Rushworth M. Kidder (22 August 1980). "Burnooses among the Bowlers; London's wealthy Arab". The Christian Science Monitor. London. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
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