- Takieddin el-Solh
Takieddin el-Solh (also "Takieddin Solh", "Takieddin as-Solh") (born 1908,
Sidon ,Lebanon ; diedNovember 27 ,1988 ,Paris ) was a Lebanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1973-74, and again briefly in 1980.El-Solh, a
Sunni Muslim, was a legislator representing theBeqaa Valley from 1957-1960 and 1964-68. From 1964-65, he was minister of the interior in the government ofHussein al-Oweini . In 1973, PresidentSuleiman Frangieh named him Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. He served as Prime Minister until 1974, when he was succeeded byRachid Solh . In July 1980, PresidentElias Sarkis asked el-Solh to form a government, but he was unable to do so and resigned in October.External links
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE5DD1E3EF933A05752C1A96E948260&scp=1&sq=Takieddin&st=cse New York Times obituary, Nov. 30, 1988]
* [http://rulers.org/indexs4.html Rulers.org entry]
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