Naoum al-Labbaki (; 1875 – 21 October 1924) was a Lebanese journalist and former speaker of the Lebanese Parliament. He was born in

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, in the

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then immigrated to

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, where he established the newspaper "Al-Manahir". He returned to Lebanon in 1908, and continued publishing the newspaper in Beirut in the village of

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, he was elected as a deputy in the Lebanese Representative Council and then as its

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in 1923 and he continued in this position until his death on 21 October 1924.

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Lebanese politicians Legislative speakers of Lebanon 1875 births 1924 deaths category:Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the United States