Takieddin el-Solh (also Takieddin Solh, Takieddin as-Solh; Arabic: تقي الدين الصلح) (1908 – 27 November 1988) was a Lebanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1973 to 1974, and again briefly in 1980.
Takieddin el-Solh | |
|---|---|
تقي الدين الصلح | |
 El-Solh in 1957 | |
| Prime Minister of Lebanon | |
| In office 21 June 1973 – 31 October 1974 | |
| President | Suleiman Frangieh |
| Preceded by | Amin al-Hafez |
| Succeeded by | Rachid Solh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1908 Sidon, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 27 November 1988 (age 79–80) Paris, France |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
El-Solh was born in Sidon, Lebanon. A Sunni Muslim, he was a legislator representing the Beqaa Valley from 1957–1960 and 1964–1968. In 1964–1965 he was Minister of the Interior in the Government of Hussein al-Oweini. In 1973, President Suleiman Frangieh named him Prime Minister and Minister for Finance.[1] He served as Prime Minister until 1974, when he was succeeded by Rachid Solh. In July 1980, President Elias Sarkis asked el-Solh to form a government, but he was unable to do so and resigned in October.[citation needed]
His wife was Fadwa Barazi El-Solh.[citation needed]
Takieddin was known for wearing the tarboush. He was faced with extensive objection by the Syrians and was told to leave Lebanon. He spent his last days in Paris, where he died of a heart attack, aged 80.[2]
In art and culture
editThe mansion Takieddin el-Solh and Fadwa Barazi El-Solh had inhabited was the subject of an installation displaying photographs, newspapers, films, texts and drawings in the exhibition of Gregory Buchakjian, Abandoned Dwellings of Beirut, that took place at the Villa Empain in Brussels, 2019.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Former Ministers". 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Takieddin Solh, Ex-Lebanese Premier, 80". New York Times. 30 November 1988. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Cornwell, Tim (9 December 2019). "Houses of memory: Inside the abandoned buildings of Beirut". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
External links
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Media related to Takieddin el-Solh at Wikimedia Commons- New York Times obituary, 30 November 1988
- Takieddin el-Solh's mansion, beirut.com
