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Revision as of 16:53, 26 January 2022
Joseph Abu Khalil (2019) was a Lebanese politician from the Kataeb Party. He served in various posts in the party and edited its official newspaper, Al Amal, for a long time.
Biography
Being a native of Beit ed-Dine, Mount Lebanon, Abu Khalil was born in 1925.[1] He was a Maronite.[1] He was one of the close allies of the Kataeb Party leadership, namely Gemayel family members, including Pierre Gemayel and his son Bashir Gemayel.[1][2]At the beginning of the 2000s Abu Khalil was an advisor to Amine Gemayel, the eldest son of Pierre Gemayel.[3] Within the Kataeb party he held several posts, including deputy president.[4] He was elected to the latter post in the congress in June 2015 when Samy Gemayel was elected president of Kataeb party.[5]
Abu Khalil was among the founders of a radio station, Voice of Lebanon, in 1958.[4] Next he was named the editor-in-chief of Al Amal newspaper.[4]
Abu Khalil died at age 94 in December 2019.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Rabah Makram Rabah (2020). Conflict on Mount Lebanon: The Druze, the Maronites and Collective Memory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4744-7420-7.
- ^ Dylan Baun (2017). "Lebanon's Youth Clubs and the 1936 Summer Olympics: Mobilizing Sports, Challenging Imperialism and Launching a National Project". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 34 (13): 1358. doi:10.1080/09523367.2017.1388230.
- ^ Pierre Maroun (February–March 2003). "Dossier: Amine Gemayel". Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. 5 (2).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ a b c d "Kataeb Mourn Party's First Deputy-President Joseph Abu Khalil". Kataeb Party. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Samy Gemayel elected president of Kataeb party". Lebanese Examiner. 14 June 2015.