Fuad Shemali Explained

Fuad Shemali
Birth Date:1936
Birth Place:Lebanon
Death Date:August 1972
Death Place:Geneva
Nationality:Lebanese
Religion:Christian-Maronite
Alma Mater:University of St. Joseph, Beirut
Party:Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), Fatah
Office1:Leader of the Black September movement
Term Start1:1970s

Fuad Shemali (in Arabic فؤاد الشمالي) alternatively Fouad El Chemali (in Arabic فؤاد الشمالي) was born in 1936 to a Lebanese Christian-Maronite family. He studied law at the University of St. Joseph in Beirut. He adhered to the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) in 1951, joined Fatah in the 1960s and was a leader of the Black September movement in the 1970s. He died from cancer in Geneva in August 1972.

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