Faysal Arslan

Emir Faysal Arslan (Arabic فيصل أرسلان; October 1941 – 20 December 2009, in Aley, Lebanon). He was the chief of the Arslan family, descendants of the Lakhmids after the death of his father Emir Majid Arslan in 1983. He continued with the leadership during wartime until he was sidelined by force majeur.

Faysal Arslan continued in the position until his younger brother Emir Talal Arslan became the political leader of the Arslan family by force through his syrian allies and the chieftain of the Jumblt family.


Emir Faysal withdrew from active politics in 2000 at the time when his brother Emir Talal Arslan ran the elections separately for the first time after the falling he experienced with Walid Beik Jumblat, to unite both family branches and gather more votes.