1. Samir Frangieh was a Lebanese politician, member of the Lebanese Parliament and a leftist intellectual.
16 Facts About Samir Frangieh
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Samir Frangieh was from the Frangieh family, one of the well-known political families of Lebanon.
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Samir Frangieh hailed from an old political family, Frangieh family.
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Samir Frangieh is the son of Hamid Kabalan Frangieh and Lamia Michel.
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Samir Frangieh contributed to many leading publications, including L'Orient, L'Orient-Le Jour, Le Monde diplomatique, Liberation, An Nahar, As Safir and Financial Times.
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Samir Frangieh published articles in academic journals such as Journal of Palestine Studies.
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Samir Frangieh was the founder of the Lebanese Communist Union which was disestablished in 1970.
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Samir Frangieh was a member of the National Movement Center.
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Samir Frangieh was one of the founders of the Qornet Shehwan Gathering.
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Samir Frangieh supported the implementation of the Taif accords and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon.
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Samir Frangieh was the author of "Beirut manifesto" that was published in Le Monde on 22 June 2004.
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However, in the general elections of 2009, Samir Frangieh was not included in the election list of the March 14 alliance.
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Samir Frangieh was elected president of the March 14 national council in June 2015 against Fawzi Ferri.
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Samir Frangieh was married to Anne Mourani with whom he had two children.
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Samir Frangieh was the author of The Journey to the Extreme of Violence that was published in 2011.
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Samir Frangieh died on 11 April 2017 in Beirut's Hotel Dieu Hospital.