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Kamal Jumblatt
1917 – 1977 · aged 60
Lebanese politician (1917-1977)
- Born
- 6 Dec 1917 · Moukhtara
- Died
- 16 Mar 1977 · Baakleen
Life timeline
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- 6 Dec 1917BornBorn in Moukhtara
- 1943 – 1977RoleMember of the Parliament of Lebanon
- 1946 – 1947RoleMinister of Economy and Trade
- 1949 – 1977RoleParty leader
- 1960 – 1961RoleMinister of Education
- 1961 – 1964RoleMinister of the Interior and Municipalities of Lebanon
- 1969 – 1970RoleMinister of the Interior and Municipalities of Lebanon
- 16 Mar 1977DiedDied in Baakleen
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1917 – 1977).
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
Biography
Kamal Fouad Jumblatt (Arabic: كمال فؤاد جنبلاط, romanized: Kamāl Fuʾād Junblāṭṭ; 6 December 1917 – 16 March 1977) was a Lebanese politician and za'im (political boss), 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. He authored more than 40 books centred on various political, philosophical, literary, religious, medical, social, and economic topics. In September 1972, Kamal Jumblatt received the International Lenin Peace Prize. He is the father of the Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and the son-in-law of the Arab writer and politician Shakib Arslan.
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