Maurice Fadel
Born
Maurice Habib Fadel

9 February 1928
Tripoli, Lebanon
DiedJune 2009 (aged 80–81)
OccupationMerchant
SpouseDiana Rachid Sfeir
Children4, including Robert

Maurice Habib Fadel (Arabic: موريس حبيب فاضل; 1928–2009) was a Lebanese businessman and politician. He was the chair of the ABC Group and served at the Lebanese Parliament for four terms representing Tripoli.

Early life

Fadel was born in Tripoli on 9 February 1928.[1] He hailed from an Orthodox family.[2] His father was Habib Georges Fadel.[1]

Career

Fadel was the chairman of the ABC Group which is a retail and real estate company.[3] It was founded by him and his wife, Diana Rachid Sfeir, in 1972.[4] Fadel was a member of the Merchants' Association and became a member of its board in 1994.[5] However, he and other two Christian merchants resigned from the board membership immediately after the elections arguing that the national balance of the membership was violated.[5]

Fadel was elected to the Parliament in 1972 from Tripoli.[1] He won the seat in the elections in 1996 and 2000.[1] He was also elected as a Tripoli deputy in the general election in 2005.[2]

Personal life and death

Fadel married Diana Rachid Sfeir on 4 March 1967, and they had four sons.[1][4] One of his sons, Robert was also elected as a deputy from Tripoli in 2009.[6][7]

Maurice Fadel died in June 2009.[2][3]

Legacy

Robert Fadel established a prize, Maurice Fadel Prize, in memory of him.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Who's Who in Lebanon (19th ed.). Beirut: Publitec Publications. 2007. p. 124. ISBN 978-3-598-07734-0.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ex-MP Maurice Fadel Dies". Lebanese Forces. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 Christina R. Wing; Esel Y. Cekin; Samer Al-Rachedy (November 2018). "From Beirut With Love (A)". hbs.edu. Retrieved 13 November 2023. Citing an article from Case
  4. 1 2 Christy-Belle Geha (2 December 2020). "Diana Sfeir-Fadel: A resilient fighter for the environment and life". An-Nahar. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 Sami E. Baroudi (2000). "Sectarianism and business associations in postwar Lebanon". Arab Studies Quarterly. 22 (4): 85, 103. JSTOR 41858353.
  6. ↑ "Robert Fadel, Lebanese MP and businessman". Financial Times. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Rola El-Husseini (2012). Pax Syriana: Elite Politics in Postwar Lebanon. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-8156-3304-4.
  8. ↑ "Lebanese MP warns that the state will eventually collapse, interview". Ya Libnan. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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