Majid Arslan

Majid Toufic Arslan
الأمير مجيد توفيق أرسلان
BornFebruary 1908
DiedSeptember 18, 1983(1983-09-18) (aged 75)
Spouses
Lamiss Shehab
(m. 1932, died)
Khawla Jumblatt
(m. 1956)
Children6, including Faysal and Talal

Emir Majid Toufic Arslan (Arabic: الأمير مجيد توفيق أرسلان) (February 1908 — September 18, 1983) was a Lebanese Druze leader and head of the Arslan feudal Druze ruling family. Arslan was the leader of the Yazbaki (Arslan affiliations) faction.[1] Majid Arslan was a national political figure with a role in Lebanon's independence, a long-running Member of the Lebanese Parliament. During his time as a government minister, he held number of important ministerial portfolios, most notably Defense, Health, Telecommunications, Agriculture and Justice.

  1. ^ Schenk, Bernadette (1994). Kamal Gunbulat, Das arabisch-islamische Erbe und die Rolle der Drüsen in seiner Konzeption der libanesischen Geschichte. Berlin: Karl Schwarz Verlag. pp. 66–67. ISBN 3-87997-225-7.