Fayez al-Khoury | |
Native Name: | فائز الخوري |
Office: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
President: | Hashim al-Atassi |
Termstart: | 23 February 1939 |
Termend: | 5 May 1939 |
Predecessor: | Saadallah al-Jabiri |
Successor: | Khalid al-Azm |
Termstart1: | 20 September 1941 |
Termend1: | 25 March 1943 |
President1: | Taj al-Din al-Hasani Jamil al-Ulshi |
Predecessor1: | Khalid al-Azm |
Successor1: | Naim Antaki |
Office3: | Minister of Finance |
Termstart3: | 1939 |
Termend3: | 1939 |
Preceded3: | Lutfi al-Haffar |
Succeeded3: | Muhammad Khalil Mudaris |
Termstart4: | 1941 |
Termend4: | 1943 |
Preceded4: | Nin Sehnaoui |
Succeeded4: | Mustafa al-Shihabi |
Birth Date: | 1885 |
Birth Place: | Kfeir, Hasbaya, Ottoman Syria (present day Lebanon) |
Death Date: | 1959 |
Alma Mater: | American University of Beirut, University of Istanbul |
Relatives: | Fares al-Khoury, brother |
Fayez al-Khoury (Arabic: فائز الخوري) (1959 - 1885), was a Syrian politician who served as foreign minister for two terms in 1930s and 40s.[1] [2] He also served twice as Minister of Finance.
He was born was born to a Greek Orthodox Christian[3] family from the village of Kfeir, Hasbaya District in modern-day Lebanon. He came with his older brother Faris al-Khoury to Damascus and then went to study law at the American University of Beirut, and then to the Institute of Law in Istanbul.
He joined the National coalition in 1928 and served as foreign minister for term term in 1940s. He was also appointed the ambassador of Syria in Washington, D.C., London, and Moscow.[4]