Fakhr Fakhr

Fakhr Fakhr (Arabic: فخـر فخر‎‎) was a Lebanese Maronite army officer and politician. He was born in Anndit, Akkar District.[1] He graduated from Beirut Military Academy.[1][2] He reached the rank of colonel in the army.[2] After retirement from the army, he contested the Maronite seat in Akkar District in the March 1968 general election.[1][2] He was elected, having obtained 14,201 votes.[2]

Fakhr belonged to the anti-Kataeb Democratic Parliamentary Front, led by Rachid Karami.[3] After his parliamentary career, he lived in the Achrafieh neighbourhood of Beirut.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Who's who in Lebanon. Éditions Publitec. 1990. p. 96. ISBN 978-2-903188-08-5.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Zuwiyya, Jalal. The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 35-37
  3. ↑ Indiana Social Studies Quarterly. 35-37. Indiana Social Studies Quarterly. 1982. p. 50.


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