Georges Saadeh
Lebanese politician
Georges Saadeh (Arabic: جورج سعاده) (November 21, 1930 – November 17, 1998) was a Lebanese politician. He was appointed as a minister in several governments and was the head of the Kataeb Party for twelve years.
Early life and education
Saadeh was born in Chabtine, a small village in the caza of Batroun. He was the third child of a poor Maronite family of six boys. His father was a cavalier in the Lebanese Interior Security Forces. He studied Arabic literature at the Lebanese Academy for Fine Arts and then graduated with a PhD from the Salamanca University in Spain.
He also continued to study law, and graduated with a degree in law from the Lebanese University.
Political career
He entered the Kataeb Party at the age of 15. And after his return from Spain, he became Pierre Gemayel's advisor. Saadeh became one of the Kataeb's most acclaimed orators but was still an employee in the Lebanese Ministry of Education when the party asked him to run for the Batroun legislative election in 1968.
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