Fares al-Khoury

Fares al-Khoury
فارس الخوري
19th Prime Minister of Syria
In office
October 14, 1944 – October 1, 1945
PresidentShukri al-Quwatli
Preceded bySaadallah al-Jabiri
Succeeded bySaadallah al-Jabiri
In office
November 3, 1954 – February 13, 1955
PresidentHashim al-Atassi
Preceded bySaid al-Ghazzi
Succeeded bySabri al-Assali
Speaker of the Parliament of Syria
In office
November 21, 1938 – July 8, 1939
Preceded byHashim al-Atassi
Succeeded byFares al-Khoury
In office
August 17, 1943 – October 17, 1944
Preceded byFares al-Khoury
Succeeded bySaadallah al-Jabiri
In office
September 16, 1945 – October 22, 1946
Preceded bySaadallah al-Jabiri
Succeeded byFares al-Khoury
In office
September 27, 1947 – March 31, 1949
Preceded byFares al-Khoury
Succeeded byRushdi al-Kikhya
1st Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations
In office
1946–1948
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byFarid Zeineddine
Personal details
Born(1877-11-20)November 20, 1877[citation needed]
Kfeir, Hasbaya, Ottoman Syria (present day Lebanon)
DiedJanuary 2, 1962(1962-01-02) (aged 84)
Damascus, Syria
Political partyNational Bloc
SpouseAsma'a Gabriel Eid
RelativesFayez al-Khoury, brother
Suhail al-Khoury, son
Colette Khoury, granddaughter

Fares al-Khoury (Arabic: فارس الخوري, romanizedFāris al-Khūrī) (November 20,[citation needed] 1877 – January 2, 1962[1]) was a Syrian statesman, minister, prime minister, speaker of parliament, and father of modern Syrian politics. Faris Khoury went on to become prime minister of Syria from October 14, 1944, to October 1, 1945, and from October 1954 to February 13, 1955. Fares Khoury's position as prime minister is, as of 2017, the highest political position a Syrian Christian has ever reached. Khoury's electoral popularity was due in part to his staunch secularist and nationalist policies. As a die-hard Syrian nationalist, Khoury never compromised on his principles and was resolutely against pan-Arabism and the ill-fated union between Syria and Egypt. Khoury opposed the short-lived union between Nasser's Egypt and republican Syria, the United Arab Republic. Through it all Faris Khoury served his country for almost 50 years. He was the grandfather of noted Syrian novelist Colette Khoury.

  1. ^ Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000. Cune Press. ISBN 9781885942418.