Abdullah Rassi Explained

Office:Member of the Parliament
Term Start:1972
Term End:1994
Office1:Minister of Interior
Term Start1:April 1984
Term End1:1988
Birth Date:1929
Spouse:Sonia Frangieh
Occupation:Physician
Children:Karim Rassi

Abdullah Rassi (1929–1994) was a Lebanese physician and politician. He worked as a physician in Saudi Arabia in the 1960s and following the election of his father-in-law Suleiman Frangieh as the President of Lebanon in 1972 he began to involve in politics. Rassi was a long-term member of the Parliament of Lebanon and served as the minister of interior between 1984 and 1988.

Biography

Rassi was born in 1929 and hailed from a Greek Orthodox family.[1] He worked as a physician in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 1960s to the early 1970s.[2] Upon his return to Lebanon he was elected to the Lebanese Parliament in 1972 and served there until 1994.[3] He was appointed minister of interior to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Rashid Karami on 13 April 1984.[4] [5] Rassi was accompanying Rashid Karami in June 1987 while traveling to Beirut via a military helicopter.[6] [7] Karami was killed while Rassi and others were wounded when the helicopter was exploded by a time bomb.[7]

In 1966 Rassi married Sonia Frangieh, daughter of Suleiman Frangieh.[3] One of their children is Karim Rassi who also served at the Lebanese Parliament.[8] [9] He died in 1994.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Thomas L. Friedman. Unity cabinet is named in Lebanon. 5 February 2022. The New York Times. 1 May 1984. Thomas L. Friedman.
  2. News: Ahmed Adnan. صونيا فرنجية شاهدة على متانة الروابط بين لبنان والسعودية. ar. 4 February 2022. Al Arab. 31 May 2015.
  3. News: الصفحة 10 (24-9-1998). Ad-Diyar. 17 April 2014. 4 February 2022. ar.
  4. Book: J. Paxton. The Statesman's Year-Book 1987-88. 2016. 788. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-0-230-27116-6. London; Basingstoke.
  5. News: 4 February 2022. Lebanese Premier Karami Quits Over Economic Crisis. Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 4 May 1987. Beirut.
  6. News: Lebanese prime minister killed. Beirut. United Press International. 1 June 1987. 4 February 2022.
  7. News: Farouk Nassar. Bomb Kills Lebanese Prime Minister. 1 June 1987. dead. Beirut. Associated Press. 4 February 2022. 4 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220204162311/https://apnews.com/article/bb84f9404409f8cb0dcb96b8ef0c71f1.
  8. Relations by marriage within the political class:-Reconciliations, Alliances and Hostilities. 4 February 2022. The Monthly. 10 December 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210208194450/https://monthlymagazine.com/article-desc_1822_. 8 February 2021.
  9. Suad Joseph. Political Familism in Lebanon. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 636. July 2011. 155. 10.1177/0002716211398434. 145269097. Suad Joseph.