Walid Jumblatt is a Lebanese politician, and is currently the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP)
Walid Jumblatt
@Lebanese Politician, Family and Personal Life
Aug 7, 1949
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: August 7, 1949
- Nationality: Lebanese
- Famous: Lebanese Men, Lebanese Politician, Leaders, Political Leaders
- Spouses: Nora Jumblatt
- Known as: Walid Bey Jumblatt
- Childrens: Taymour (born 1982) Aslan
- Universities:
- American University of Beirut
Walid Jumblatt born at
Beirut
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Birth Place
Jumblatt has married thrice. His first marriage was with popular Iranian actress, who was elder to him. However, Jumblatt’s father did not support this marriage.
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Personal Life
His second marriage was with Gervette Gigi, a Jordanian lady of Circassian origin. The couple had a child called Taymour.
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Personal Life
Currently, he is married to Nora Sharabati. She is the daughter of Ahmed Al-Sharabari, the former Defense Minister of Syria. The couple has two kids: Aslan and Dallia.
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Personal Life
Walid Jumblatt was born on August 7, 1949, in the Moukhtara region of Lebanon, in the illustrious Jumblatt dynasty. His father Kamal Jumblatt was a renowned politician and the founder of the leftist, Progressive Socialist Party (PSP). Jumblatt was also the maternal grandson of the Prince Shakib Arslan.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1982, he completed his graduation in political science and public administration from the University of Beirut. He then worked as a reporter of the An Nahar newspaper.
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Childhood & Early Life
After working as a reporter for a couple of years, Jumblatt decided to take up politics as his career, and soon joined the Progressive Socialist Party.
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Childhood & Early Life
Walid Jumblatt started his career as a member of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP). He actively worked with the party and participated in its political programs.
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Career
In 1983, when Amine Gemayel became the President of Lebanon, Jumblatt formed a National Salvation Front along with Suleiman Frangieh and Rashid Karami. This front was backed by Syria and it was established in order to challenge the President’s rule, and the Lebanese-Syrian pact that got financial support from the US. During this time, he also got considerable support from Nabih Berri.who was the leader of the Amal Movement.
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Career
A year later, in May 1984, Jumblatt was appointed as the minister of public works, of transport and of tourism in primeminister Rashid Karami. Prime Minister Rashid Karami’s cabinet.
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Jumblatt was originally a supporter of Syria. However, after the Syrian President, Hafez Assad’s death in the year 2000, he has campaigned for relinquishing Syria’s control over Lebanon.
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His close relationship with the Syrian old guard eventually alienated after Bashar al-Assad assumed presidency of Syria. As a result, he was pitted against the then Lebanese President Émile Lahoud and the Lebanese Shiite party Hezbollah.
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At the time of his first marriage, Walid Jumblatt was only twenty years old.
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Trivia
According to Jumblatt’s friends, he is extremely proud of his Kurdish Origins.
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