Fakhr Fakhr () was a
Lebanese Maronite
Maronites (; ) are a Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant (particularly Lebanon) whose members belong to the Maronite Church. The largest concentration has traditionally re ...
army officer and politician. He was born in Anndit,
Akkar District
Akkar District () is the only district in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. It is coextensive with the governorate and covers an area of . The UNHCR estimated the population of the district to be 389,899 in 2015, including 106,935 registered refugees of ...
.
He graduated from Beirut Military Academy.
[Zuwiyya, Jalal. ]
The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968
'. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 35-37 He reached the rank of colonel in the army.
After retirement from the army, he contested the Maronite seat in
Akkar District in the March 1968 general election.
He was elected, having obtained 14,201 votes.
Fakhr belonged to the anti-
Kataeb
The Kataeb Party (), officially the Kataeb Party – Lebanese Social Democratic Party ( '), also known as the Phalangist Party, is a right-wing Christian political party in Lebanon founded by Pierre Gemayel in 1936.
The party and its parami ...
Democratic Parliamentary Front, led by
Rachid Karami.
After his parliamentary career, he lived in the
Achrafieh
Achrafieh () is an upper-class area in eastern Beirut, Lebanon. In strictly administrative terms, the name refers to a sector (''secteur'') centred on Sassine Square, the highest point in the city, as well as a broader quarter (''quartier''). In p ...
neighbourhood of Beirut.
References
Lebanese politicians
Lebanese Maronites
Year of birth missing
People from Akkar Governorate
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