Joseph Abu Khalil Explained

Birth Date:	1925
Birth Place:	Beit ed-Dine, Mount Lebanon
Death Date:	December
Party:	Kataeb Party

Joseph Abu Khalil (1925–2019) 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. He was a Maronite. 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. Abu Khalil was political secretary of the party in the mid-1970s.^[4] He was elected its deputy president 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. Next he was named the editor-in-chief of Al Amal newspaper.

Abu Khalil died in December 2019.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Rabah Makram Rabah. Conflict on Mount Lebanon: The Druze, the Maronites and Collective Memory. Edinburgh University Press. 2020. 978-1-4744-7420-7. Edinburgh. 177.
2. Dylan Baun. 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. 2017. 34. 13. 1358. 10.1080/09523367.2017.1388230. 149273637.
3. Pierre Maroun. 5. Dossier: Amine Gemayel. Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. February–March 2003. 2. 26 January 2022. 26 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126163257/https://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/0302_ld.htm. dead.
4. Zach Levey . The United States, Israel and the 1976 Red Lines in Lebanon. The International History Review. 2021 . 44 . 4 . 10. 10.1080/07075332.2021.1976811. 240515079.
5. News: Samy Gemayel elected president of Kataeb party. Lebanese Examiner. 14 June 2015.
6. Web site: Kataeb Mourn Party's First Deputy-President Joseph Abu Khalil. Kataeb Party. 26 January 2022. 14 December 2019.