1. Joshua Hassan is seen as the key figure in the civil rights movement in Gibraltar, and played a key role in the creation of the territory's institutions of self-government.
11 Facts About Joshua Hassan
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Joshua Hassan was the vice-president of the party under the leadership of Risso.
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In 1948, Joshua Hassan succeeded him as president and was the leader of the AACR and the dominant figure in the politics of the territory for almost forty years.
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Joshua Hassan was one of the members of the 1968 Constitutional Conference chaired by Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd, which drafted the Gibraltar's first Constitution.
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Joshua Hassan only lost one election, the 1969 election, when the AACR failed to win a majority by just one seat, as it only obtained seven of the fifteen seats of the House.
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Joshua Hassan resigned without completing his term as Chief Minister in 1987 after an agreement on the shared use of Gibraltar Airport was signed by Spain and the United Kingdom, citing personal reasons.
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Joshua Hassan was succeeded by the then Deputy Chief Minister, Adolfo Canepa.
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Joshua Hassan was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1963 and was therefore styled "Sir" since then.
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In 1945 Joshua Hassan married Daniela Salazar, a Spanish national, with whom he had two daughters before divorcing in 1969.
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Marlene Joshua Hassan-Nahon is a Gibraltarian historian, journalist, and former politician, who had served as a member of the Gibraltar Parliament and founder and leader of Together Gibraltar from 2015 to 2023.
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Sir Joshua Hassan died in his sleep at the age of 81 on 1 July 1997 at Old St Bernard's Hospital, after having been admitted the previous day complaining of back pains.