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==Career==
==Career==
Obeid was a journalist.<ref name=yal12apr>{{cite news|title=FPM PM: Salam plans to form a cabinet of ghosts|url=http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/04/12/fpm-mp-salam-plans-to-form-a-cabinet-of-ghosts/|accessdate=13 April 2013|newspaper=Ya Libnan|date=12 April 2013}}</ref> He held several high-level positions in various newspapers and magazines. He was an advisor on Arab affairs to two former [[Lebanese President]]s, [[Elias Sarkis]] and [[Amin Gemayel]] (1983–1987).<ref name=ylib24sept/> Gemayel also appointed him special envoy to [[Syria]].<ref name=SchmertzDatlof>{{cite book|author1=Eric J. Schmertz|author2=Natalie Datlof|author3=Alexej Ugrinsky|title=President Reagan and the world|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_zvztYvwBgC&pg=PA53|year=1997|accessdate=8 March 2013|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30115-5|page=53}}</ref><ref name=obs6apr>{{cite news|author=Alan Copps|title=Lebanese, Syrian leaders to hold summit meeting|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DqldAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U10NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1099,696156&dq=jean+obeid&hl=en|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=Observer Reporter|date=6 April 1984|agency=IP|location=Beirut}}</ref> On 11 February 1987, Obeid met with Parliament Speaker [[Hussein Husseini]] and was kidnapped by nine gunmen in [[west Beirut]].<ref name=tpp12feb>{{cite news|title=Gemayel adviser taken captive in west Beirut|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m_gjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L2MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6213,7284902&dq=jean+obeid&hl=en|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=12 February 1987}}</ref><ref name=lat13feb>{{cite news|title=Gemayel Adviser Reported Kidnaped in Beirut|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-02-13/news/mn-2188_1_west-beirut|accessdate=1 April 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=13 February 1987|location=Beirut}}</ref> Obeid was freed unhurt after four days.<ref name=sgaz16feb>{{cite news|author=Rima Salameh|title=Druse chief says Waite being held by Shiites|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ChAhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZnIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1445,3570356&dq=jean+obeid&hl=en|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette|date=16 February 1987|agency=AP|location=Beirut}}</ref>
Obeid was a journalist.<ref name=yal12apr>{{cite news|title=FPM PM: Salam plans to form a cabinet of ghosts|url=http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/04/12/fpm-mp-salam-plans-to-form-a-cabinet-of-ghosts/|accessdate=13 April 2013|newspaper=Ya Libnan|date=12 April 2013}}</ref> He held several high-level positions in various newspapers and magazines. He was an advisor on Arab affairs to two former [[Lebanese President]]s, [[Elias Sarkis]] (1978-1982) and [[Amin Gemayel]] (1983–1987).<ref name=ylib24sept/> Gemayel also appointed him special envoy to [[Syria]].<ref name=SchmertzDatlof>{{cite book|author1=Eric J. Schmertz|author2=Natalie Datlof|author3=Alexej Ugrinsky|title=President Reagan and the world|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_zvztYvwBgC&pg=PA53|year=1997|accessdate=8 March 2013|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30115-5|page=53}}</ref><ref name=obs6apr>{{cite news|author=Alan Copps|title=Lebanese, Syrian leaders to hold summit meeting|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DqldAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U10NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1099,696156&dq=jean+obeid&hl=en|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=Observer Reporter|date=6 April 1984|agency=IP|location=Beirut}}</ref> On 11 February 1987, Obeid met with Parliament Speaker [[Hussein Husseini]] and was kidnapped by nine gunmen in [[west Beirut]].<ref name=tpp12feb>{{cite news|title=Gemayel adviser taken captive in west Beirut|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m_gjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L2MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6213,7284902&dq=jean+obeid&hl=en|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=12 February 1987}}</ref><ref name=lat13feb>{{cite news|title=Gemayel Adviser Reported Kidnaped in Beirut|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-02-13/news/mn-2188_1_west-beirut|accessdate=1 April 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=13 February 1987|location=Beirut}}</ref> Obeid was freed unhurt after four days.<ref name=sgaz16feb>{{cite news|author=Rima Salameh|title=Druse chief says Waite being held by Shiites|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ChAhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZnIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1445,3570356&dq=jean+obeid&hl=en|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette|date=16 February 1987|agency=AP|location=Beirut}}</ref>


Obeid served as a member of [[Lebanese Parliament|the parliament]], representing [[Chouf District|Chouf]] from 1991 to 1992 and [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]] from 1992 to 2005.<ref name=wleaks18nov>{{cite news|title=Lebanon: Ex-foreign Minister Positions Himself as Centrist for Presidency|url=http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=06BEIRUT3657|accessdate=8 March 2013|work=Wikileaks|date=18 November 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615204108/http://cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=06BEIRUT3657|archivedate=15 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=taynodate>{{cite news|author=Nassif Maraoun|title=Six candidates and one satisfactory seat. All of them extra-judicial |url=http://www.tayyar.org/Tayyar/FrontEnd/News/SavePrintNews.aspx?_GUID=%7BF5095128-2735-4E74-82F4-446C158ED37F%7D&_Print=true |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416000324/http://www.tayyar.org/Tayyar/FrontEnd/News/SavePrintNews.aspx?_GUID=%7BF5095128-2735-4E74-82F4-446C158ED37F%7D&_Print=true|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2013|accessdate=8 March 2013|work=Tayyar}}</ref> He served as minister of state in the cabinet led by [[Prime Minister of Lebanon|Prime Minister]] [[Rafik Hariri]] in 1993. Then he was named as the minister of national education, youth and sports.<ref name=asaf17apr>{{cite news|title=Hariri forms new government in Lebanon|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-100288326/hariri-forms-new-government.html|accessdate=4 July 2013|work=Asia Africa Intelligence Wire|date=17 April 2003}}</ref> He was in office from 1996 to 1998. On 17 April 2003, he was appointed foreign minister in a reshuffle to the last cabinet of Hariri, replacing [[Mahmoud Hammoud (politician)|Mahmoud Hammoud]] in the post.<ref name=wleaks18nov/><ref name=lwire18april>{{cite news|title=Lebanon's new Cabinet: Members list, observations|url=http://www.lebanonwire.com/0304/03041701LW.asp|accessdate=8 March 2013|work=Lebanonwire|date=18 April 2003|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120134711/http://lebanonwire.com/0304/03041701LW.asp|archivedate=20 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=Husseini2012>{{cite book|author=Rola el Husseini|title=Pax Syriana: Elite Politics in Postwar Lebanon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zgl6DgAVzWMC&pg=PA250|accessdate=8 March 2013|date=15 October 2012|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-3304-4|page=250}}</ref> Obeid's tenure ended in 2004 and he was succeeded by Mahmoud Hammoud as foreign minister.<ref name=ylib24sept/><ref name=Husseini2012/> In 2008, he ran for [[2008 Lebanese presidential election|the presidential elections]] and was considered to be possible consensus candidate.<ref name=ylib24sept/> Obeid was a candidate for [[President of Lebanon]] and participated in the [[2014 Lebanese presidential election]].<ref name=MSN-obit>{{Cite web|title=MP Jean Obeid Dies after Covid Diagnosis|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mp-jean-obeid-dies-after-covid-diagnosis/ar-BB1dulIy|access-date=8 February 2021|work=MSN}}</ref>
Obeid served as a member of [[Lebanese Parliament|the parliament]], representing [[Chouf District|Chouf]] from 1991 to 1992 and [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]] from 1992 to 2005.<ref name=wleaks18nov>{{cite news|title=Lebanon: Ex-foreign Minister Positions Himself as Centrist for Presidency|url=http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=06BEIRUT3657|accessdate=8 March 2013|work=Wikileaks|date=18 November 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615204108/http://cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=06BEIRUT3657|archivedate=15 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=taynodate>{{cite news|author=Nassif Maraoun|title=Six candidates and one satisfactory seat. All of them extra-judicial |url=http://www.tayyar.org/Tayyar/FrontEnd/News/SavePrintNews.aspx?_GUID=%7BF5095128-2735-4E74-82F4-446C158ED37F%7D&_Print=true |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416000324/http://www.tayyar.org/Tayyar/FrontEnd/News/SavePrintNews.aspx?_GUID=%7BF5095128-2735-4E74-82F4-446C158ED37F%7D&_Print=true|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2013|accessdate=8 March 2013|work=Tayyar}}</ref> He served as minister of state in the cabinet led by [[Prime Minister of Lebanon|Prime Minister]] [[Rafik Hariri]] in 1993. Then he was named as the minister of national education, youth and sports.<ref name=asaf17apr>{{cite news|title=Hariri forms new government in Lebanon|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-100288326/hariri-forms-new-government.html|accessdate=4 July 2013|work=Asia Africa Intelligence Wire|date=17 April 2003}}</ref> He was in office from 1996 to 1998. On 17 April 2003, he was appointed foreign minister in a reshuffle to the last cabinet of Hariri, replacing [[Mahmoud Hammoud (politician)|Mahmoud Hammoud]] in the post.<ref name=wleaks18nov/><ref name=lwire18april>{{cite news|title=Lebanon's new Cabinet: Members list, observations|url=http://www.lebanonwire.com/0304/03041701LW.asp|accessdate=8 March 2013|work=Lebanonwire|date=18 April 2003|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120134711/http://lebanonwire.com/0304/03041701LW.asp|archivedate=20 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=Husseini2012>{{cite book|author=Rola el Husseini|title=Pax Syriana: Elite Politics in Postwar Lebanon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zgl6DgAVzWMC&pg=PA250|accessdate=8 March 2013|date=15 October 2012|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-3304-4|page=250}}</ref> Obeid's tenure ended in 2004 and he was succeeded by Mahmoud Hammoud as foreign minister.<ref name=ylib24sept/><ref name=Husseini2012/> In 2008, he ran for [[2008 Lebanese presidential election|the presidential elections]] and was considered to be possible consensus candidate.<ref name=ylib24sept/> Obeid was a candidate for [[President of Lebanon]] and participated in the [[2014 Lebanese presidential election]].<ref name=MSN-obit>{{Cite web|title=MP Jean Obeid Dies after Covid Diagnosis|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mp-jean-obeid-dies-after-covid-diagnosis/ar-BB1dulIy|access-date=8 February 2021|work=MSN}}</ref>

Revision as of 16:20, 21 May 2021

Jean Obeid
جان عبيد
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
In office
17 April 2003 – 26 October 2004
Prime MinisterRafik Hariri
Preceded byMahmoud Hammoud
Succeeded byMahmoud Hammoud
Personal details
Born(1939-05-08)8 May 1939
Alma, Lebanon
Died8 February 2021(2021-02-08) (aged 81)
Lebanon
Resting placeLebanon

Jean Obeid (Template:Lang-ar; 8 May 1939 – 8 February 2021) was a Lebanese journalist and politician, who served in different cabinet posts, the last of which was foreign minister of Lebanon from 2003 to 2004.

Early life

Obeid hailed from a Maronite family.[1][2] He was born in Alma, a village in the Zgharta district, on 8 May 1939.[3][4][5]

Career

Obeid was a journalist.[6] He held several high-level positions in various newspapers and magazines. He was an advisor on Arab affairs to two former Lebanese Presidents, Elias Sarkis (1978-1982) and Amin Gemayel (1983–1987).[3] Gemayel also appointed him special envoy to Syria.[7][8] On 11 February 1987, Obeid met with Parliament Speaker Hussein Husseini and was kidnapped by nine gunmen in west Beirut.[9][10] Obeid was freed unhurt after four days.[11]

Obeid served as a member of the parliament, representing Chouf from 1991 to 1992 and Tripoli from 1992 to 2005.[1][2] He served as minister of state in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 1993. Then he was named as the minister of national education, youth and sports.[12] He was in office from 1996 to 1998. On 17 April 2003, he was appointed foreign minister in a reshuffle to the last cabinet of Hariri, replacing Mahmoud Hammoud in the post.[1][13][14] Obeid's tenure ended in 2004 and he was succeeded by Mahmoud Hammoud as foreign minister.[3][14] In 2008, he ran for the presidential elections and was considered to be possible consensus candidate.[3] Obeid was a candidate for President of Lebanon and participated in the 2014 Lebanese presidential election.[15]

In May 2018, Obeid returned to the Lebanese parliament by winning the Maronite seat for the constituency of Tripoli.[15][16]

Personal life

Obeid was married to Emile Boustany's daughter, Loubna,[17] and had five children.

Death

On the morning of 8 February 2021, the National News Agency (NNA) announced that Obeid had died due to complications from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon.[16][18]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lebanon: Ex-foreign Minister Positions Himself as Centrist for Presidency". Wikileaks. 18 November 2006. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b Nassif Maraoun. "Six candidates and one satisfactory seat. All of them extra-judicial". Tayyar. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Meet Lebanon's leading presidential candidates". Ya Libnan. 24 September 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  4. ^ Joseph A. Kechichian (23 September 2007). "The wait for a leader". Ya Libnan. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Lebanon leading presidential candidates". Lebanon Wire. 23 September 2007. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  6. ^ "FPM PM: Salam plans to form a cabinet of ghosts". Ya Libnan. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  7. ^ Eric J. Schmertz; Natalie Datlof; Alexej Ugrinsky (1997). President Reagan and the world. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-313-30115-5. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  8. ^ Alan Copps (6 April 1984). "Lebanese, Syrian leaders to hold summit meeting". Observer Reporter. Beirut. IP. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Gemayel adviser taken captive in west Beirut". The Pittsburgh Press. 12 February 1987. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Gemayel Adviser Reported Kidnaped in Beirut". Los Angeles Times. Beirut. 13 February 1987. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  11. ^ Rima Salameh (16 February 1987). "Druse chief says Waite being held by Shiites". Schenectady Gazette. Beirut. AP. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  12. ^ "Hariri forms new government in Lebanon". Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 17 April 2003. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  13. ^ "Lebanon's new Cabinet: Members list, observations". Lebanonwire. 18 April 2003. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  14. ^ a b Rola el Husseini (15 October 2012). Pax Syriana: Elite Politics in Postwar Lebanon. Syracuse University Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-8156-3304-4. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  15. ^ a b "MP Jean Obeid Dies after Covid Diagnosis". MSN. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Jean Obeid dies, phased lockdown lifting, calls for Slim murder probe: Everything you need to know this Monday". L'Orient Today. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Relations by marriage within the political class:-Reconciliations, Alliances and Hostilities". Monthly Magazine. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Jean Obeid Just Passed Away At 82 Years Old". The NNA. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
2003–2004 		Succeeded by
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