Fouad Chehab
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Fouad Abdallah Chehab was a Lebanese general and statesman who served as president of Lebanon from 1958 to 1964. He is considered to be the founder of the Lebanese Army after Lebanon gained independen
Official portrait, 1958
Chehab and his wife, Rose René Poitieux
Chehab (left) and United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser (to Chehab's left) at the Syrian–Lebanese border during talks to end the crisis in Lebanon
Chehabism: the limits of political modernization in Lebanon by Marwan HARB
1958 Lebanon crisis
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The 1958 Lebanon crisis was a political crisis in Lebanon caused by political and religious tensions in the country that included an American military intervention, which lasted for around three month
Fouad Chehab
…his administration, and tasked Chehab with the role of organizing the next presidential election, in which Camille Chamoun was elected. During the 1958 Lebanon crisis between Chamoun and Muslim leaders, he prevented the army from siding with the government or the opposition, and refused any request to do so. This…
American Marine in a foxhole outside Beirut
US Marines on patrol in Beirut