Riyad al-Sulh's Statecraft

Riyad al-Sulh's Statecraft

Riyad al-Sulh

Born in Sidon in 1894, Riyad al-Sulh was independent Lebanon's first prime minister. He worked with President al-Khuri to formulate the National Pact, achieving historic Christian-Muslim reconciliation and solidifying Lebanon's sovereignty.

Timeline

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Year Riyad al-Sulh
1894
Growth within a Political Family (Period: 1894–1910s, Location: Ottoman Empire, Istanbul and Sidon)
Birth of Riyad al-Sulh (Period: August 17, 1894, Location: Lebanese Republic, Sidon (Saida). Some sources state he was born in Tyre (Sour))
1910
Legal and Political Studies in Paris (Age: 15 years old, Period: 1910s, Location: Paris, France)
1914
World War I (Age: 19 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions (Gallipoli, Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Sinai, Palestine, Arabia, etc.))
1916
Arrest and Deportation by Ottoman Authorities (Riad al-Sulh, Age: 21 years old, Period: 1916–1918, Location: Ottoman Empire, Anatolia)
1918
Participation in the Young Arab Society (Age: 23 years old, Period: Post-WWI, circa 1918–1920, Location: Syria, Damascus)
1920
Independence Movements in Egypt and Europe (Age: 25 years old, Period: 1920s–1930s, Location: Egypt, Cairo and the West)
Death Sentence and Exile by French Authorities (Riad al-Sulh, Age: 25 years old, Period: August 1920–1924, Location: Syria, Lebanon, Egypt)
1935
Return to Lebanon and Legal Practice (Riad al-Sulh, Age: 40 years old, Period: Circa 1935, Location: Lebanon, Beirut)
1943
Formation of the National Pact (Age: 48 years old, Period: 1943, Location: Lebanon, Beirut)
Assumed Office as First Post-Independence Prime Minister (Riad al-Sulh, Age: 49 years old, Period: September 25, 1943–January 10, 1945, Location: Lebanon, Beirut)
1946
Second Term as Prime Minister (Riad al-Sulh, Age: 52 years old, Period: December 14, 1946–February 14, 1951, Location: Lebanon, Beirut)
1948
First Arab-Israeli War (Age: 53 years old, Period: 1948–1949, Location: Former Mandatory Palestine, Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip, etc.)
1950
1950 Assassination Attempt (Age: 55 years old, Period: March 1950, Location: Lebanon)
1951
Departure from the Premiership (Age: 56 years old, Period: February 14, 1951, Location: Lebanon, Beirut)
Death of Riyad al-Sulh (Age: 56 years old, Period: July 17, 1951, Location: Amman, Jordan)
Riad al-Sulh Assassination Incident (Age: 56 years old, Period: July 17, 1951, Location: Marka Airport in Amman, Jordan)
Unknown
Marriage (Riad al-Sulh, Faiza al-Jabiri, Period: Details unknown, Location: Details unknown. Believed to have married in Lebanon.)

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Ottoman Empire Mehmed Han bin Abdülmecid Mehmed Vahdeddin Han bin Abdülmecid İsmail Enver Mehmed Talat Ahmet Cemal Mustafa Kemal Mustafa İsmet Mustafa Fevzi
Syrian nationalist movement Faisal I Sultan al-Atrash Ibrahim Hananu Hashim al-Atassi Shukri al-Quwatli Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar Bishara al-Khuri Emile Eddé Riyad al-Sulh Antoun Saadeh
Palestinian national movement Amin al-Husayni Musa al-Husayni Raghib al-Nashashibi Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni Chaim Weizmann David Ben-Gurion Zeev Jabotinsky Golda Meir Vladimir Jabotinsky Moshe Sharett

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