Lebanese journalist and politician

Walid Jumblatt

Walid Kamal Jumblatt is a Lebanese politician, who was the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party from 1977 until 2023. A Druze and former militia commander, Jumblatt led the Lebanese National Resistance Front, allying with Amal, the Palestine Liberation Organisation, and Marada Brigade during the 1983-1990 phase of Lebanese Civil War. He worked closely with Suleiman Frangieh to oppose Amine Gemayel's rule as president during the Mountain War, consolidating his control of the Chouf. After the civil war, he initially supported Syria but later led an anti-Assad stance during the start of the Syrian Civil War.

Born

1949

August 7

Died

Living

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1940s

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1949 Born

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461 Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer.
626 The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.
768 Pope Stephen III is elected to office, and quickly seeks Frankish protection against the Lombard threat, since the Byzantine Empire is no longer able to help.
936 Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.

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The world in 1949

When Walid arrived

april 1 Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
april 1 The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
april 18 The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations.
april 20 Amethyst incident: The People's Liberation Army attacks HMS Amethyst (F116) travelling to the British embassy in Nanjing during the Chinese Civil War.

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Jimmy Wales 1966– American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia David Duchovny 1960– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Elizabeth Báthory 1560–1614 Hungarian countess and purported serial killer (born 1560) Henri Le Sidaner 1862– French painter (died 1939) James Randi 1928–2020 Canadian-American stage magician and author (died 2020) Louis Leakey 1903–1972 Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist (died 1972) Ralph Bunche 1904–1971 American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)

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Alan García 1949–2019 Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (born 1949) Alla Pugacheva 1949– Russian singer-songwriter and actress Anna Wintour 1949– English-American journalist Beth Grant 1949– American actress Billy Joel 1949– American singer-songwriter and pianist Carlos the Jackal 1949– Venezuelan terrorist David A. Cherry 1949– American artist and illustrator Dominique Strauss-Kahn 1949– French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance Don Baylor 1949–2017 American baseball player (born 1949)

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