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Riad as-Solh |
Riad as-Solh (1894 – July 17 1951) (Arabic: رياض الصلح) was the first Prime Minister of Lebanon (1943–1945), after the country's independence. Like all of his successors as prime minister of Lebanon, he was a Sunni Muslim. He later served as prime minister of Lebanon again from December 14, 1946 to February 14, 1951. Several months after leaving office, he was assassinated in Amman, Jordan. He was known as one of the most important personalities in Lebanon’s struggle for independence and as a person able to unify Lebanon’s various religious groups in the struggle for independence.
He was married to Fayza Al-Jabiri and had five daughters. His eldest daughter, Aliya born in 1935, continued in her father's path in the struggle for a free and secure Lebanon. Aliya propagated the rich cultural heritage of Lebanon abroad until her death in Paris on April 26, 2007.
| Preceded by — |
Prime Minister of
Lebanon 1943–1945 |
Succeeded by Abdul Hamid Karami |
| Preceded by Saadi al-Munla |
Prime Minister of
Lebanon 1946–1951 |
Succeeded by Hussein al-Oweini |
| Prime Ministers of Lebanon |
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Pre-Independence: Auguste Adib Pacha • Bechara El
Khoury • Habib Pacha Es-Saad • Bechara El
Khoury • Émile Eddé • Auguste Adib Pacha •
Charles Debbas • Abdullah Bayhum • Ayub Thabit • Khayreddin al-Ahdab • Khaled Chehab • Abdallah El-Yafi • Abdullah Bayhum* • Alfred Naqqache • Ahmed
Daouk • Sami as-Solh • Ayub Thabit • Petro Trad Post-Independence: Riad as-Solh • Abdul Hamid
Karami • Sami as-Solh • Saadi al-Munla •
Riad as-Solh • Hussein al-Oweini • Abdallah El-Yafi • Sami as-Solh • Nazim
al-Akkari • Saeb Salam • Abdallah El-Yafi •
Khaled Chehab • Sami as-Solh • Rashid Karami • Abdallah El-Yafi • Sami as-Solh • Khalil al-Hibri • Rashid Karami • Ahmed Daouk • Saeb
Salam • Rashid Karami • Hussein al-Oweini •
Rashid Karami • Abdallah El-Yafi •
Rashid Karami • Abdallah El-Yafi •
Rashid Karami • Saeb Salam • Amin al-Hafez • Takieddin el-Solh • Rashid
el-Solh • Nureddin Rifai • Rashid Karami •
Selim al-Hoss • Takieddin el-Solh • Shafik Wazzan • Rashid Karami • Selim al-Hoss† • Michel Aoun†† • Selim al-Hoss • Omar Karami • Rashid
el-Solh • Rafik Hariri • Selim al-Hoss •
Rafik Hariri • Omar Karami • Najib Mikati • Fouad Siniora *denotes interim †dismissal contested ††appointment contested |
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