Fares al-Khoury

His Excellency Fares al-Khoury
فارس الخوري‎
19th Prime Minister of Syria
In office October 14, 1944 – October 1, 1945
President	Shukri al-Quwatli
Preceded by	Saadallah al-Jabiri
Succeeded by	Saadallah al-Jabiri
In office November 3, 1954 – February 13, 1955
President	Hashim al-Atassi
Preceded by	Said al-Ghazzi
Succeeded by	Sabri al-Assali
Speaker of the Parliament of Syria
In office November 21, 1938 – July 8, 1939
Preceded by	Hashim al-Atassi
Succeeded by	Fares al-Khoury
In office August 17, 1943 – October 17, 1944
Preceded by	Fares al-Khoury
Succeeded by	Saadallah al-Jabiri
In office September 16, 1945 – October 22, 1946
Preceded by	Saadallah al-Jabiri
Succeeded by	Fares al-Khoury
In office September 27, 1947 – March 31, 1949
Preceded by	Fares al-Khoury
Succeeded by	Rushdi al-Kikhya
1st Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations
In office 1946–1948
Preceded by	office established
Succeeded by	Farid Zeineddine
Personal details
Born	(1877-11-20)November 20, 1877[citation needed] Kfeir, Hasbaya, Ottoman Syria (present day Lebanon)
Died	January 2, 1962(1962-01-02) (aged 84) Damascus, Syria
Political party	National Bloc
Spouse	Asma'a Gabriel Eid
Relatives	Fayez al-Khoury, brother Suhail al-Khoury, son Colette Khoury, granddaughter

Fares al-Khoury (Arabic: فارس الخوري, romanized: Fāris 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.