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Samir Frangieh
Samir Frangieh (4 December 1945 – 11 April 2017) was a Lebanese politician, member of the Lebanese Parliament and a leftist intellectual. He was from the Frangieh family, one of the well-known political families of Lebanon. Early lifeFrangieh was born in Zgharta on 4 December 1945.[1] He hailed from an old political family, Frangieh family.[2] He is the son of Hamid Kabalan Frangieh and Lamia Michel (née Raffoul).[3] Hamid Frangieh was a lawyer and a businessman.[4] He was the elder brother of Suleiman Frangieh who was the President of Lebanon in the period 1970-1976.[2] Therefore, Tony Frangieh and Samir Frangieh were cousins.[5] Career, activities and viewsFrangieh was a leading journalist.[6] He contributed to many leading publications, including L'Orient (1970), L'Orient-Le Jour (1971–1975), Le Monde diplomatique, Libération, An Nahar, As Safir and Financial Times.[1] He also published articles in academic journals such as Journal of Palestine Studies.[7][8] Frangieh joined the Lebanese Communist Party and left it in 1967.[1] He was the founder of the Lebanese Communist Union which was disestablished in 1970.[1] He was also a member of the National Movement Center.[1] During the term of President Émile Lahoud, Frangieh was one of the opposition leaders, who tried to challenge close allies of the president.[9] The opposition group was also led by Rafik Hariri and Walid Jumblatt.[9] Frangieh was a political ally of Jumblatt.[10] Frangieh was also one of the founders of the Qornet Shehwan Gathering.[11] He supported the implementation of the Taif accords and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon.[12] In addition, he was part of the 14 March Alliance[13] and a member of its general secretariat.[14][15] He was the author of "Beirut manifesto" that was published in Le Monde on 22 June 2004.[16] The manifesto, which was signed by Lebanese intellectuals and eminent public figures, challenged the dominance of Syria in Lebanon.[16] In the 2005 general elections, Frangieh became a member of the Lebanese Parliament, representing Zgharta.[17] However, in the general elections of 2009, Frangieh was not included in the election list of the March 14 alliance.[18] Frangieh was elected president of the March 14 national council in June 2015 against Fawzi Ferri.[19] Personal life and deathFrangieh was married to Anne Mourani with whom he had two children.[1] He was the author of The Journey to the Extreme of Violence that was published in 2011.[13] He died on 11 April 2017 in Beirut's Hotel Dieu Hospital.[20][21] References
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