1. Adel Osseiran, transliterated Adil 'Usayran or Adil Osseyran, was a prominent Lebanese statesman, a former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, and one of the founding fathers of the Lebanese Republic.
20 Facts About Adel Osseiran
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Adel Osseiran received his early education at the French Missionary Elementary School operated by De La Salle Brothers in Sidon, and completed his secondary education at the International College in Beirut.
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Adel Osseiran then pursued his higher studies at the American University of Beirut, graduating with a degree in History and Politics in 1928.
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Adel Osseiran returned to his alma mater to do an MA in political science, graduating in 1936.
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Abdullah Adel Osseiran was killed in Sidon on 22 December 1972.
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In later life Adel Osseiran developed serious health problems, not the least of which was his tremor.
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Adel Osseiran began his political career in 1936 right after his graduation when, alongside various dignitaries from Southern Lebanon, he began to campaign for the abolition of the tax that the French mandatory authorities were levying on agricultural land, particularly on tobacco farmers.
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In 1937 Adel Osseiran ran for the Lebanese parliament for the first time.
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In 1943 Adel Osseiran was elected to the Lebanese parliament for the first time, a victory that proved to be the beginning of a long parliamentary career that ended only with his retirement from politics in 1992.
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Adel Osseiran won every election after that with the exception of two.
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In 1943 the new President Bechara El Khoury, PM Riad Al Solh, along with the rest of the cabinet of which Adel Osseiran was a member, proceeded to abolish the articles of the constitution that tied Lebanon to the French Mandate.
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Adel Osseiran was voted Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon on August 13,1953, and held that post until October 15,1959.
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Adel Osseiran did so by calling Parliament into session to elect the new president, despite pressure not to do so from then President Camille Chamoun.
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Adel Osseiran held several cabinet portfolios in the course of his political career.
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Adel Osseiran was minister of provisions, commerce and the economy between 1943 and 1945.
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Adel Osseiran was minister of the interior in the government of Prime Minister Rashid Karami from November 1968 to September 1969.
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Adel Osseiran held the ministries of justice, commerce and public works in Rashid Karami's six-man cabinet from 30 June 1975 until 9 December 1976 and after the amendment of 16 July 1976 he returned as minister of justice, education, tourism and urban planning.
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Adel Osseiran was minister of both defense and agriculture in the cabinet of Rashid Karami, which lasted from 1984 until 1989.
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Adel Osseiran was, throughout his life, a firm believer in the value of education, seeing it as the way up the ladder for his underprivileged constituency in Southern Lebanon.
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Adel Osseiran retired from politics in 1992 and retreated to his home near Sidon.