Nasri Maalouf
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Nasri Maalouf | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants | |
In office May 1992 – October 1992 | |
Prime Minister | Omar Karami |
Preceded by | Farès Boueiz |
Succeeded by | Farès Boueiz |
Personal details | |
Born | , Beirut, Ottoman Syria | May 7, 1911
Died | April 2, 2005 Abu Dhabi, UAE | (aged 93)
Nationality | Lebanese |
Nasri Maalouf (Arabic: نصري معلوف) (May 7, 1911 – April 2, 2005) was a Lebanese politician. He was a Melkite Greek Catholic, and was known as a moderate and peacemaker in Lebanese politics.
Nasri Maalouf was also a prominent lawyer, who mediated one of his most important cases, the one involving the prosecution of Nizar Halabi's assassination.
Maalouf was born in , Beirut, in modern-day Lebanon. He was educated in Syria. He was a signer of the Lebanese constitution and the Taif Accord. He was the Minister of Finance from November 1956 to July 1957.[1]
He was a long-time member of parliament from Beirut- first elected in 1968 alongside Michel Sassine- and served in the cabinet several times, including as foreign minister for a few months in 1992, as well as Defense Minister and Minister of Justice. Shortly before his death, he was appointed to be a member of a council of elders which supervised parliamentary elections in June 2005.
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- ^ "Former Ministers". December 18, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-18.
- 1911 births
- 2005 deaths
- Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics
- Members of the Parliament of Lebanon
- Government ministers of Lebanon
- Finance ministers of Lebanon
- Foreign ministers of Lebanon
- Politicians from Beirut
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