Lucien Dahdah

Lucien Dahdah (Arabic: لوسيان دحداح) (15 August 1929 – 16 November 2003) was a Lebanese academic, businessman, media executive and politician, who served as foreign minister in 1975.

Lucien Dahdah
Born	Lucien Mounir Dahdah 15 August 1929
Died	16 November 2003(2003-11-16) (aged 74)
Nationality	Lebanese
Alma mater	American University of Beirut Sorbonne University Birmingham University
Occupations	Academic Businessman

Early life and education

Dahdah was born on 15 August 1929.^[1] He was a graduate of American University of Beirut (AUB), Sorbonne University in Paris and Birmingham University.^[1][2] He graduated from AUB in 1949.^[3] He received a PhD from Sorbonne and Birmingham universities.^[2]

Career

Dahdah worked as a university professor at his alma mater, AUB, teaching statistics and economics.^[2] Then he headed the board of directors of Intra Investment from 1970 to 1976 and from 1989 to 1993.^[1] He served as foreign minister in the interim cabinet led by Noureddine Rifai in 1975 under President Suleiman Frangieh.^[1] Dahdah was also advisor of Frangieh when the latter was serving as the president of Lebanon.^[4]

Dahdah was among the founding members of the Tele Orient channel.^[1] He also served as the director general of the channel.^[5] In addition, he founded the Radio Monte-Carlo-Moyen-Orient.^[1] Later he became the director of Middle East Economic Digest.^[6]

Personal life and death

Dahdah married twice and had a daughter.^[1] He died on 16 November 2003 at the age of 74.^[3]