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Suleiman Franjieh

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Franjieh, Suleiman 

Born June 14, 1910, in Zgharta, northern Lebanon. Lebanese statesman.

The son of a landowner, Franjieh is a Maronite Christian. In 1931 he graduated from a college in Aynturah, near Beirut. In 1960, for the first of several times, he was elected a deputy to the parliament, and he later became a cabinet member. Franjieh was president of the Lebanese Republic from 1970 to 1976. During the political crisis of 1975–76, the right-wing Christian forces of Lebanon grouped around him.
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Byline: Nafez Qawas Summary: The latest political reconciliation between rivals from across the March 14 and opposition camps took place at Baabda Palace Wednesday, when Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt sat down for talks with Suleiman Franjieh, the leader of the Marada movement.
Sleiman hosts reconciliation talks between Jumblatt and Franjieh by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
Michel Aoun, Marada movement leader Suleiman Franjieh, Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Caretaker Telecommunications Minister Jebran Bassil, MP Ali Hassan Khalil and Hussein Khalil and Wafiq Safa.
Lebanon: Opposition agrees to join national unity cabinet by Albawaba.com
The meeting, which lasted for over four hours, was attended by House Speaker Nabih Berri, Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (both Muslim Shiites), Free Patriotic Movement chief and MP Michel Aoun, and Suleiman Franjieh, Syria's closest ally in Lebanon (both Christian Maronites).
Lebanon-politics by The Weekly Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon)
 
 
 
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