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Daoud Amoun

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Daoud Amoun
1st Legislative speaker of Greater Lebanon
In office
4 October 1920 – 11 March 1922
Succeeded byHabib Pacha Saad
Personal details
Born1869
Died1922 (aged 54–55)

Daoud Amoun (Arabic: داود عمون; 1867 – 1922) was a Lebanese Maronite Christian politician who served as speaker of the Administrative Committee of Greater Lebanon from 1920 to 1922.[1]

Born in Deir al-Qamar, Amoun moved to France, where he studied law.[2] He returned to Lebanon, and became known for writing patriotic poems about the country.[3] Before the first world war, he moved with his children to Egypt.[4]

In 1918, he headed a delegation to Paris Peace Conference, where he demanded an independent Lebanese state.[5] Two years later, the State of Greater Lebanon was established, and he was appointed as a member of the Administrative Committee, which was the first legislative body. During the first session, he was elected as its speaker. He is the first legislative speaker of Lebanon.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "اللجنة الادارية - العقد العادي1 - محضر الجلسة 1 - 1920". www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ^ "داوُد عَمُّون". islamic-content.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  3. ^ "الاستقلال… نقطة مضيئة في تاريخ لبنان". Al-Binaa (in Arabic). Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  4. ^ السلطان يلغي اإلمتيازات ويحتل لبنان لكن صقيع الجبال يقود جنوده إلى مهالك
  5. ^ "بالأبيض والأسود | الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني". www.lebarmy.gov.lb. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  6. ^ "تصغير "لبنان الكبير"". الجمهورية (in Arabic). Retrieved 28 November 2020.