Philippe Takla

Philippe Takla (3 February 1915 – 10 July 2006) was a Lebanese lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as foreign minister.

Early life Takla was born into a Greek Catholic family on 3 February 1915. He was first elected to the Lebanese parliament in a by-election held in May 1945 in Mount Lebanon as a result of the death of his father, Salim Takla, on 11 January who was the deputy for the region. One of the candidates for the seat was Elias Rababi from the Kataeb Party. He was appointed minister of economy in 1959. He was then named as minister of foreign affairs and of tourism in 1960. In 1964, he was holding the post of economy minister.

In 1967, Takla began to serve as Lebanon's representative to the U.N. and then as ambassador in Paris from 1968 to 1971. His body was buried in Zouk Mikhael.