Lebanese politician and author; founder of the Progressive Socialist Party (1917–1977)
In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Fouad and the family name is Jumblatt.
Kamal Jumblatt
كمال جنبلاط
Leader of the Progressive Socialist Party
In office 1 May 1949 – 16 March 1977
Preceded by
Post established
Succeeded by
Walid Jumblatt
Ministerial offices
Minister of Economy and Trade
In office 14 December 1946 – 29 May 1947
Prime Minister
Riad al-Solh
Preceded by
Saadi al-Manla
Succeeded by
Suleiman Nawfal
Minister of Education and Higher Education
In office 1 August 1960 – 20 May 1961
Prime Minister
Saeb Salam
Preceded by
Gebran Nahhas
Succeeded by
Mohammad Safy al-Deen
Minister of Public Works and Transport
In office 20 May 1961 – 31 October 1961
Prime Minister
Saeb Salam
Preceded by
Othman al Dana
Succeeded by
Pierre Gemayel
Minister of Interior
In office 31 October 1961 – 20 February 1964
Prime Minister
Rashid Karami
Preceded by
Abdullah Machnouk
Succeeded by
Hussein Oweini
In office 25 November 1969 – 13 October 1970
Prime Minister
Rashid Karami
Preceded by
Adel Osseiran
Succeeded by
Saeb Salam
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone
In office 9 April 1966 – 6 December 1966
Prime Minister
Abdullah al-Yafi
Preceded by
Joseph Najjar
Succeeded by
Michel Edde
Personal details
Born
6 December 1917 (1917-12-06) Moukhtara, Chouf, Mutasarrifate of Mount Lebanon, Ottoman Empire
Died
16 March 1977 (1977-03-17) (aged 59) Baakleen, Chouf, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
Manner of death
Assassination by gunshots
Resting place
Mukhtara Palace
Political party
Progressive Socialist Party
Spouse
May Arslan
Children
Walid Jumblatt
Parent(s)
Fouad and Nazira Jumblatt
Alma mater
St. Joseph University Sorbonne University Lebanese University
Kamal Fouad Jumblatt (Arabic: كمال فؤاد جنبلاط; 6 December 1917 – 16 March 1977) was a Lebanese politician who founded the Progressive Socialist Party. He led the National Movement during the Lebanese Civil War. He was a major ally of the Palestine Liberation Organization until his assassination in 1977.[1] He authored more than 40 books centered on various political, philosophical, literary, religious, medical, social, and economic topics.[2] In September 1972, Kamal Jumblatt received the International Lenin Peace Prize.[3] He is the father of the Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and the son-in-law of the Arab writer and politician Shakib Arslan.
^El-Khazen, Farid (2000). The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon, 1967-1976. Harvard University Press. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-0-674-08105-5. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
Kamal Fouad Jumblatt (Arabic: كمال فؤاد جنبلاط; 6 December 1917 – 16 March 1977) was a Lebanese politician who founded the Progressive Socialist Party...
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act as a reaction force to the Lebanese National Movement (LNM) of KamalJumblatt and other left-wing allies. The Lebanese Front was presided by the former...
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in the nation supported Nasser and the United Arab Republic (UAR). KamalJumblatt and Rashid Karami, Druze and Sunni leaders, respectively, condemned...
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and Nasserist Lebanese National Movement (LNM). The LNM was led by KamalJumblatt, who had a friendly relationship with Arafat and other PLO leaders....
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himself to death. Austin M. Purves Jr., 76, American artist and sculptor KamalJumblatt, the leader of Lebanon's leftist Progressive Socialist Party, was shot...
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