Fuad Shemali (in Arabic فؤاد الشمالي) alternatively Fouad El Chemali (in Arabic فؤاد الشمالي) was born in 1936 to a Lebanese Christian-Maronite family. He studied law at the University of St. Joseph in Beirut. He adhered to the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) in 1951, joined Fatah in the 1960s and was a leader of the Black September movement in the 1970s. He died from cancer in Geneva in August 1972.
Fuad Shemali | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Black September movement | |
| Assumed office 1970s | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1936 Lebanon |
| Died | August 1972 Geneva |
| Political party | Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), Fatah |
| Alma mater | University of St. Joseph, Beirut |