About Habib Abu Shahla
Lived 1902 – 1957 (aged 54–55). Habib Abu Shahla was a Lebanese politician.
Habib Abu Shahla ( / Ḥabīb Abū Shahlā, also spelled Abou Chahla) or Abi Shahla ( / Abī Shahlā, also spelled Abi Chahla; 1902 – 22 March 1957 ) was a Lebanese politician and public figure, several times member of Parliament. Abu Shahla had studied at the American University of Beirut and at the University of Paris. He was the minister of justice in 1943 and the minister of education and Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon between 1943 and 1945 and the speaker of the Lebanese Parliament between 1946 and 1947.
A street bears his name and a statue of him stands in Beirut.
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Who was Habib Abu Shahla?
Lebanese politician
When was Habib Abu Shahla born?
Habib Abu Shahla was born in 1902 in Beirut.
When did Habib Abu Shahla die?
Habib Abu Shahla died on 22 March 1957 in Beirut.
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Habib Abu Shahla was a politician.
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Habib Abu Shahla was Lebanese.
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