Edmond Wadih Naim (Arabic: إدمون نعيم; 1918 - January 23, 2006) was a Lebanese politician, jurist and governor of the Banque du Liban.[1][2]
Edmond Naim | |
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| إدمون نعيم | |
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| Governor of Banque du Liban | |
| In office 15 January 1985 – 16 January 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Michel El Khoury |
| Succeeded by | Michel El Khoury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1918 |
| Died | January 23, 2006 |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Parent | Wadih Naim (father) |
| Occupation | Banker, lawyer, politician |
Biography edit
Early life and education edit
Edmond Naïm was born to a Maronite Catholic family in the town of Chiyah in the Greater Beirut region in the year 1918.[3][4] He studied at the Jesuit Fathers' School and had a bachelor's degree in Law from the French Law School in Beirut. In 1941 and received a PhD in law from Saint Joseph University in Beirut.[3]
Career edit
Naim was a member of the Progressive Socialist Party between 1951 and 1963. He participated in the parliamentary elections in 1957 and 1960 but without success.
He held the position of Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Lebanese University in 1961 and was then President of the university in 1970 until 1976. In January 1985, he was elected Governor of Lebanon's Central bank, Banque du Liban.[1][5]
During the Lebanese civil war, he was hailed as hero after he barricaded himself in his office while receiving constant death threats after refusing to lend corrupt government officials any money.[4]
In 1994, Naim became Samir Geagea's, head of the Lebanese Forces militia, lawyer as he was tried and accused of war crimes during the Lebanese Civil war.[6]
In 2005, he was elected as deputy of the Lebanese parliament and was the eldest member of the 2005 legislative cycle as a representative of the Lebanese Forces.[7]
Death edit
Edmond Naïm died on January 23, 2006, at the age of 88 from an illness. Naim's seat was replaced by an independent politician, Pierre Daccache, in a by-election.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b "Banque du liban". Bdl.gov.lb. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Naïm, Edmond". viaf.org. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Edmond Naim | Lebanese University". luwebxx.ul.edu.lb. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Lebanon's Top Banker a Virtual Prisoner in His Own Building". Los Angeles Times. 12 March 1989. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Former Bank of Lebanon governor dies". Central Banking. 24 January 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "LEBANON : Beirut Transfixed by Trial of Popular Christian Militiaman". Los Angeles Times. 9 December 1994. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "رئيس السنّ: قاعة الجلسة تصنعهُ... ثم يختفي". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ Libnanews, Newsdesk (18 April 2022). "Pierre Deccache, l'homme qui a dit non à Taëf et aux accords de fraternité Syro-Libanais est décédé". Libnanews, Le Média Citoyen du Liban (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2022.