Camille Chamoun

Camille Chamoun OM ONC
كميل شمعون
Official portrait, 1952
2nd President of Lebanon
In office 23 September 1952 – 22 September 1958
Prime Minister	Abdallah El-Yafi Khaled Chehab Saeb Salam Abdallah El-Yafi Sami as-Solh Rashid Karami Abdallah El-Yafi Sami as-Solh Khalil al-Hibri (Acting)
Preceded by	Bechara El Khoury
Succeeded by	Fuad Chehab
Member of the Lebanese Parliament
In office 1934–1952
In office 1960–1964
In office 1968–1987
Leader of National Liberal Party
In office 10 September 1958 – 1985
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Dany Chamoun
Personal details
Born	(1900-04-03)3 April 1900 Deir el Qamar, Ottoman Empire
Died	7 August 1987(1987-08-07) (aged 87) Beirut, Lebanon
Political party	Constitutional Bloc (1934–?) Independent (1951–1958) National Liberal Party (1958–1987)
Spouse	Zelpha Tabet ​ ​ (m. 1930; died 1971)​
Children	Dory, Dany
Relatives	Camille Dory Chamoun (grandson) Tracy Chamoun (granddaughter)
Alma mater	Saint Joseph University
Religion	Maronite

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Camille Nimr Chamoun OM, ONC (Arabic: كميل نمر شمعون, romanized: Kamīl Sham'ūn, pronounced [kamiːl ʃamʕ'uːn]; 3 April 1900 – 7 August 1987) was a Lebanese politician who served as the 2nd president of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958.^[1] He was one of the country's main Christian leaders during most of the Lebanese Civil War.