CHAMOUN, CAMILLE

kämēˈyə shämōnˈ, 1900–1987, Lebanese political leader. Chamoun held a variety of governmental posts before serving as president of Lebanon (1952–58). A Maronite Christian, Chamoun was opposed by Muslim leaders who disliked his pro-Western policies. The Muslim groups openly rebelled against Chamoun's government in 1958, and, in response to Chamoun's request for help, U.S. marines were sent to support the government. After defending the Lebanese against Syria in the 1975 civil war, he held a succession of ministerial appointments.

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...the divisions at the mass level, in particular the bitter mind-set of much of the conservative Maronite community. Camille Chamoun and other right-wing leaders may have had considerably more popular support than I realized at the time. To be...
...despite the repeated requests made at the time by President Chamoun and foreign minister Charles Malik. Even when the US finally...politics. This must account for its inclination to abandon Chamoun and work jointly with Cairo to arrive at a resolution of Lebanon's...
...three presidents: Bisharah al-Khuri 1943-52 , Camille Shamun Chamoun 1952-58, and the present incumbent, Fuad Shihab...witnessed by Kamal Junblat , Ghassan al-Tuwayni, Camille Shamun, Anwar al-Khat ib, Abdallah al-H ajj, and...
...Second World War when the French were forced to exit and the independent Republic was established. Major upheavals-the Nasser-Chamoun struggle in 1958, the bitter civil war of 1975-6, the Syrian intervention and bombardment in 1977, the Israeli invasions of...
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...Sunnis, 8 Shii and 3 Druze). Camille Chamoun, a pro-Western Maronite who was...the efforts of then-president Camille Chamoun to amend the constitution and...struggle was averted only after Chamoun withdrew his plan. Historically...
...three major Maronite politicians, Camille Chamoun, Pierre Gemayel, and Suleiman...by former President (1952-8) Camille Chamoun of Damour. All three of these...Maronite leaders in parliament. Chamoun is a hardy perennial in the uncultivated...
...exchange of letters between then Minister of Finance Camille Chamoun and the French delegate of the High Commissioner to...result of the pro-Western policy of Lebanese President Camille Chamoun, Syrian police units increased their activities in...
...challenged the authority of President Camille Chamoun, a Christian who had practiced...May 1958, U.S. officials supplied Chamoun with weapons that he used to suppress...But instability lingered, and Chamoun asked the United States to intervene...
...of the repetitive statements that abounded during the bombing. In the middle of the shelling, the Maronite leader Camille Chamoun could now confidently come out and issue a call to `the civilised people of the world. It could have been the same...
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...urgent call for help from Lebanese President Camille Chamoun. A pro-Western, Christian anti-communist, Chamoun had requested assistance in combating the...this was "communist activity." President Chamoun, like virtually everyone at the time, believed...
...project as its multi million dollar redevelopment plan gets underway. Here, on the periphery of the newly rebuilt Camille Chamoun Sports stadium, lies one of the most infamous Palestinian refugee camps in history - Shatila. Known as the site of...
...respond to an urgent plea from Camille Chamoun, the Christian President of Lebanon...engineered at Suez the year before. Chamoun had been the only Middle Eastern...for help for months. Ever since Chamoun had won an overwhelming victory...
...son of the late Lebanese warlord and former president Camille Chamoun, boycotted the elections in protest against continued...Christian interests in public life while the likes of Chamoun will simply represent `special interests. THE FUTURE...
...predecessor: "he would not only have called the families, he probably would have shown up at the funerals." Ah, as Camille Chamoun, the former president of Lebanon, said of Dwight Eisenhower (who had sent 15,000 marines to put down a revolt in...
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CHAMOUN, CAMILLE kame y shamon , 1900 1987, Lebanese political leader. Chamoun held a variety of governmental posts before...Lebanon (1952 58). A Maronite Christian, Chamoun was opposed by Muslim leaders who disliked...
...Lebanons representative to the Vatican. He served (1954 55) as minister of justice and health in the government of Camille Chamoun . Helou served as Lebanons president from 1964 to 1970. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
...In 1952, after the election of Camille Chamoun as president, Lebanon formed closer...the spring of 1958, opposition to Chamouns pro-Western policies and his acceptance...into full-scale rebellion, and Chamoun called in U.S. forces (July, 1958...


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