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Maurice Habib Fadel (; 1928–2009) was a Lebanese businessman and politician. He was the chair of the ABC Group and served at the
Lebanese Parliament The Lebanese Parliament (, ) is the unicameral national parliament of the Lebanon, Republic of Lebanon. There are 128 members elected to a four-year term in Electoral district, multi-member constituencies, apportioned among Lebanon's divers ...
for four terms representing
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.


Early life

Fadel was born in Tripoli on 9 February 1928. He hailed from an Orthodox family. His father was Habib Georges Fadel.


Career

Fadel was the chairman of the ABC Group which is a retail and real estate company. It was founded by him and his wife, Diana Rachid Sfeir, in 1972. Fadel was a member of the Merchants' Association and became a member of its board in 1994. However, he and other two Christian merchants resigned from the board membership immediately after the elections arguing that the national balance of the membership was violated. Fadel was elected to the Parliament in 1972 from Tripoli. He won his seat in the
elections An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
in 1996 and 2000. He was also elected as a Tripoli deputy in the
general election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...
in 2005.


Personal life and death

Fadel married Diana Rachid Sfeir on 4 March 1967, and they had four sons. One of his sons,
Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...
was also elected as a deputy from Tripoli in 2009. Maurice Fadel died in June 2009.


Legacy

Robert Fadel established a prize, Maurice Fadel Prize, in memory of him.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fadel, Maurice 1928 births 2009 deaths Members of the Parliament of Lebanon Greek Orthodox Christians from Lebanon Politicians from Tripoli, Lebanon