Lucien Dahdah

Lucien Dahdah (Arabic: لوسيان دحداح) (15 August 1929 – 16 November 2003) was a Lebanese academic, businessman, media executive and politician, who served as foreign minister in 1975.

Lucien Dahdah
Born
Lucien Mounir Dahdah

15 August 1929
Died16 November 2003(2003-11-16) (aged 74)
NationalityLebanese
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Academic
  • Businessman

Early life and education

Dahdah was born on 15 August 1929.[1] He was a graduate of American University of Beirut (AUB), Sorbonne University in Paris and Birmingham University.[1][2] He graduated from AUB in 1949.[3] He received a PhD from Sorbon and Birmingham universities.[2]

Career

Dahdah worked as a university professor at his alma mater, AUB, teaching statistics and economics.[2] Then he headed the board of directors of Intra Investment from 1970 to 1976 and from 1989 to 1993.[1] He served as foreign minister in the interim cabinet led by Noureddine Rifai in 1975 under President Suleiman Frangieh.[1] Dahdah was also advisor of Frangieh when the latter was serving as the president of Lebanon.[4]

Dahdah was among the founding members of the Tele Orient channel.[1] He also served as the director general of the channel.[5] In addition, he founded the Radio Monte-Carlo-Moyen-Orient.[1] Later he became the director of Middle East Economic Digest.[6]

Personal life and death

Dahdah married twice and had a daughter.[1] He died on 16 November 2003 at the age of 74.[3]

References
  1. "Lucien Dahdah, former FM, dies". Lebanonwire. 18 November 2003. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  2. "Local News". American University of Beirut. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. "In Memoriam". Main Gate. 1 (4). Winter 2004. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. Farid El Khazen (2000). The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon, 1967-1976. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 417. ISBN 978-0-674-08105-5.
  5. Daniel Da Cruz (September–October 1987). "T.V. In The M.E." Saudi Aramco World. Vol. 18, no. 5.
  6. Rushworth M. Kidder (22 August 1980). "Burnooses among the Bowlers; London's wealthy Arab". The Christian Science Monitor. London. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
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