Zaher el-Khatib explained

Zaher el-Khatib (Arabic: زاهر الخطيب) is a Lebanese Sunni politician.

Early life and education

He was born in 1940. He obtained a Bachelor of Law degree from the Lebanese University.[1] As of 2018, he served as General Secretary of the Toilers League.[2]

Political career

El-Khatib was elected to parliament in the 1971 Chouf parliamentary by-election, after the death of his father Anwar el-Khatib (the incumbent Sunni parliamentarian from Chouf).[3] [4] [5] He was reelected to parliament in the 1971, 1992, 1996 and 2000 elections.[1] He was one of two Lebanese parliamentarians to vote against the 1983 May 17 Agreement.[6]

He served as Minister of State for Administrative Reform between December 24, 1990 and May 16, 1992, in the cabinet of Omar Karami.[7] [8]

As of 2018 el-Khatib served as chairman of the Lebanese Committee for Support to the Reunification of Korea.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.annahar.com/elections/candidate/384/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A8 زاهر الخطيب
  2. Rodong. Kim Il Sung's Birth Anniversary to Be Marked in Lebanon
  3. Orient, Vol. 11–14. Deutsches Orient-Institut, 1970[?]. p. 23
  4. ARR: Arab Report and Record. Economic Features, Limited, 1971. p. 33
  5. Middle East Record, Vol. 5. Mekhon Shiloaḥ le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon ṿe-Afriḳah, Ḥevrah ha-Mizraḥit ha-Yiśreʼelit, Merkaz le-meḥḳar ʻal shem Reʼuven Shiloaḥ. Israel Oriental Society, Reuven Shiloah Research Center, 1977. p. 949
  6. Book: Elie A. Salem. Violence and Diplomacy in Lebanon. 15 January 1995. I.B.Tauris. 978-1-85043-835-9. 105.
  7. Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform. Previous Ministers
  8. Book: Country Report: Lebanon, Cyprus. 1990. The Unit. 58.