Fouad Boutros

Fouad Boutros (Arabic: فؤاد بطرس‎; 5 November 1917 in Achrafieh – 4 January 2016),^[1] was a Lebanese politician and diplomat, who served as foreign minister for four terms ^[2][3] and served as Defense minister for two terms.^[4]

Political career[]

On 1 November 1978, at the Saint Nicholas Church crossing in Achrafieh, Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF) militiamen ambushed the motorcade of the then Lebanese Defense and Foreign Affairs Minister Fouad Boutros, escorted by a commando detachment from the Counter-sabotage regiment (Arabic: Moukafaha). Four commandos were wounded and several others taken prisoner, including the commander of the escort, Lieutenant , who subsequently disappeared without a trace while on KRF custody. The ambush was carried out in retaliation for the death of the pro-Phalangist Captain , leader of the dissident (LARC) and a close friend of Bashir Gemayel, during a raid by the Moukafaha commandos on his headquarters at Mtaileb in the Matn District earlier that same day.^[5]

See also[]

• Army of Free Lebanon
• Kataeb Regulatory Forces
• Lebanese Arab Army
• Lebanese Armed Forces
• Lebanese Civil War

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Joseph Hokayem, L'armée libanaise pendant la guerre: un instrument du pouvoir du président de la République (1975-1985), Lulu.com, Beyrouth 2012. ISBN 9781291036602, 1291036601 (in French) – [1]

External links[]

• René Chamussy – Chronique d'une guerre, le Liban (1975-1977) (in French)
• Histoire militaire de l'armée libanaise de 1975 à 1990 (in French)

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