Anwar al-Khatib (Lebanon)
Anwar al-Khatib (Arabic: أنور الخطيب 1910 – November 14, 1970)[1] was a Lebanese Sunni Muslim lawyer, politician and former cabinet minister.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Anwar al-Khatib was born in 1910 at the town of Chehim, the Capital of the Iqlim al-Kharrub coastal enclave, in the Chouf District. He was the son of the Sunni member of parliament (MP) Ahmad al-Khatib, who was elected to the Lebanese Parliament in 1937, during the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon.
Al-Khatib graduated from St. Joseph University. He became a prominent lawyer and taught at the Lebanese University. He wrote articles for many Lebanese publications, in particular in al-Hurriah.[2]
Career[edit]
Political activism[edit]
Politically he was an ally of the Druze Za'im (Political boss) Kamal Jumblatt. Al-Khatib contested every parliamentary election between 1951 and 1968 and was defeated only twice. His constituency was the Chouf District.
Cabinet minister[edit]
In 1968 he was appointed minister of water and electricity.[2]
Death[edit]
Anwar al-Khatib died on November 14, 1970, at the age of 60.[1] After his death, his son Zahir al-Khatib won his seat in the 1971 Chouf parliamentary by-election.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Orient, Vol. 11–14. Deutsches Orient-Institut, 1970[?], p. 23.
- ^ a b c Zuwiyya, Jalal, The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968, Leiden: Brill, 1972, p. 70-72.
- ^ ARR: Arab Report and Record, Economic Features, Limited, 1971, p. 33.
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