Joseph Abu Khalil
Born1925
Beit ed-Dine, Mount Lebanon
DiedDecember 2019 (aged 86–87)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • Politician
Political partyKataeb Party

Joseph Abu Khalil (1925–2019) was a Lebanese politician from the Kataeb Party. He served in various posts in the party and edited its official newspaper, Al Amal, for a long time.

Biography

Being a native of Beit ed-Dine, Mount Lebanon, Abu Khalil was born in 1925.[1] He was a Maronite.[1] He was one of the close allies of the Kataeb Party leadership, namely Gemayel family members, including Pierre Gemayel and his son Bashir Gemayel.[1][2] At the beginning of the 2000s Abu Khalil was an advisor to Amine Gemayel, the eldest son of Pierre Gemayel.[3] Within the Kataeb party he held several posts.[4] Abu Khalil was political secretary of the party in the mid-1970s.[5] He was elected its deputy president in the congress in June 2015 when Samy Gemayel was elected president of Kataeb party.[6]

Abu Khalil was among the founders of a radio station, Voice of Lebanon, in 1958.[4] Next he was named the editor-in-chief of Al Amal newspaper.[4]

Abu Khalil died in December 2019.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rabah Makram Rabah (2020). Conflict on Mount Lebanon: The Druze, the Maronites and Collective Memory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4744-7420-7.
  2. ↑ Dylan Baun (2017). "Lebanon's Youth Clubs and the 1936 Summer Olympics: Mobilizing Sports, Challenging Imperialism and Launching a National Project". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 34 (13): 1358. doi:10.1080/09523367.2017.1388230. S2CID 149273637.
  3. ↑ Pierre Maroun (February–March 2003). "Dossier: Amine Gemayel". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 5 (2).
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Kataeb Mourn Party's First Deputy-President Joseph Abu Khalil". Kataeb Party. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Zach Levey (2021). "The United States, Israel and the 1976 Red Lines in Lebanon". The International History Review. 44 (4): 10. doi:10.1080/07075332.2021.1976811. S2CID 240515079.
  6. ↑ "Samy Gemayel elected president of Kataeb party". Lebanese Examiner. 14 June 2015.
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