This is a list of many, but not all, of the assassinated Lebanese political figures:
- Bachir Gemayel – leader of the Lebanese Forces, Phalange member, KRF group leader and president of Lebanon for 21 days until his assassination on 14 September 1982.
- Amine Abouchahine – senior member of the Progressive Socialist Party. Assassinated on 15 July 1975.
- Sheikh Ahmad Assaf – Lebanese Sunni cleric. Assassinated in April 1982.[1]
- Mahdi Amel – Marxist intellectual and militant. Assassinated in 18 May 1987.[2]
- Henri Philippe Pharaoun – Member of parliament. Murdered on 6 August 1993.[3]
- Saleh al Aridi – a leader of the Lebanese Democratic Party. Assassinated on 10 September 2008.
- Dany Chamoun – leader of National Liberal Party, son of Camille Chamoun. Assassinated on 21 October 1990.
- Mohamad Chatah – former Lebanese Finance Minister and critic of Syria and Hezbollah. A senior adviser to the Sunni Future politician Saad Hariri. Assassinated on 27 December 2013.
- Mohammad Choucair – adviser to the former President Amine Gemayel. Assassinated on 2 August 1987.[4]
- Wissam Eid – an officer in the Internal Security Forces investigating the 2005 Hariri assassination. Assassinated on 25 January 2008.
- Walid Eido – parliament Member. Assassinated on 13 June 2007.
- Anwar al-Fatayri – member of the PSP and junior commander of the People's Liberation Army.[5]
- Tony Frangieh – son of former President Suleiman Frangieh. Assassinated on 13 June 1978, known as Ehden Massacre.[6]
- Bachir Gemayel – former President-Elect, founder of Lebanese Forces, son of Pierre Gemayel. Assassinated on 14 September 1982.
- Pierre Amine Gemayel – Minister of Industry and leader of Kataeb. Assassinated on 21 November 2006.
- Antoine Ghanem – parliament Member. Assassinated on 19 September 2007.
- Fouad Haddad – Journalist and columnist at the Kataeb Party’s Al Amal newspaper. Kidnapped in Beirut and killed in September 1958.[7]
- François al-Hajj – Brigadier General of the Lebanese Army. Assassinated on 12 December 2007.
- Nizar al-Halabi – leader of the Sufi Al-Ahbash movement assassinated by members of Osbat al-Ansar on 31 August 1995.[8]
- Ragheb Harb – was a Lebanese resistance leader and Muslim cleric. Assassinated on 16 February 1984.
- Rafik Hariri and Bassel Fleihan – former Lebanese Prime Minister and Former Minister, respectively. Assassinated on 14 February 2005.
- Wissam al-Hassan – head of information branch of the Internal Security Forces. Assassinated on 19 October 2012.[9]
- George Hawi – former secretary general of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP). Assassinated on 21 June 2005.
- Elie Hobeika – militia commander, politician. Assassinated on 24 January 2002.
- Ramzi Irani – Lebanese Forces student representative at Lebanese University. Assassinated on 7 May 2002.
- Fouad Jumblatt – a leader in the Chouf District, and father of Kamal Jumblatt, later assassinated as well. Assassinated on 6 August 1921.
- Kamal Jumblatt – founder of Progressive Socialist Party. Assassinated on 16 March 1977.[6]
- Rashid Karami – former Prime Minister. Assassinated on 1 June 1987.[10]
- Samir Kassir – university professor, journalist and historian. Assassinated on 2 June 2005.
- Hassan Khaled – former Grand Mufti of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community. Assassinated on 16 May 1989.[1]
- Hassan al-Laqqis – was a military commander of Hezbollah. Assassinated between 3 and 4 December 2013.
- Salim Lawzi – journalist. Assassinated some time between 24 February and 6 March 1980.[6]
- Nasib Al Matni – a Nasserist journalist, assassinated in Beirut on 8 May 1958.
- René Moawad – former Lebanese president. Assassinated on 22 November 1989.
- Naim Moghabghab – member of parliament and minister who co-founded the National Liberal Party.[11]
- Kamel Mrowa – the publisher of Al-Hayat and The Daily Star newspapers. Gunned down at his office in Beirut on 16 May 1966. Mrowa was critical of Gamal Abdel Nasser.[7]
- Imad Mughniyah – senior Hezbollah member. Assassinated on 12 February 2008.
- Abbas al-Musawi – leader of Hezbollah. Assassinated on 16 February 1992.
- Nazem el Qadri – member of the Lebanese Parliament. Assassinated on 22 September 1989.[6]
- Maarouf Saad – Mayor of Sidon and founder of the Popular Nasserist Organization. Shot by a sniper on 26 February 1975 and died on 6 March 1975.[12] See Lebanese Civil War.
- Sobhi Saleh – head of the Sunni Islamic Higher Council. Assassinated on October 1986.[6]
- Lokman Slim – was a publisher, political activist and commentator. Assassinated on 4 February 2021.[13]
- Riad Al Solh – first prime minister of Lebanon. Assassinated on 17 July 1951.
- Riad Taha – journalist and president of the Lebanese Publishers Association. Assassinated on 23 July 1980.[14]
- Gebran Tueni – politician and newspaper editor. Assassinated on 12 December 2005.
See also
References
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- ↑ "Arrest in Beirut Slaying". The Washington Post. 1993-08-09.
- ↑ "Assassination of Mohammad Choucair". LGIC. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ↑ "معجم أعلام الدروز في لبنان - محمد خليل الباشا". 7 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Assassinations in Lebanon: A History (1970s to the Present)". About.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- 1 2 "A century of Attacks on Free Expression". Kateeb.org. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ Middle East International. No 508, 8 September 1995, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; article by G.H. Jansen pp.13-14
- ↑ Chulov, Martin (19 October 2012). "Lebanon's great divide exposed by assassination of security chief". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ↑ "Prime Minister Karami killed". Times Daily. 2 June 1987. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ "توضيحات حول نعيم مغبغب". annahar.com. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ "Maarouf Saad Foundation". Archived from the original on 7 March 2011.
- ↑ "Lokman Slim, prominent Hezbollah critic, shot dead in south Lebanon". France 24. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ↑ "Lebanon: President Of The Lebanese Press Association Riad Taha Assassinated After Car Chase". British Pathéh. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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