Khalil Khalil (born 1941) is a Lebanese barrister and former diplomat who served as the ambassador of Lebanon in various countries from 1971 to 1994.
Khalil Khalil | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Iran to Turkey | |
| In office 1991–1994 | |
| Ambassador of Lebanon to the Netherland | |
| In office September 1985 – 1990 | |
| Ambassador of Lebanon to West Germany | |
| In office October 1978 – July 1983 | |
| Ambassador of Lebanon to Iran | |
| In office September 1971 – September 1978 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Khalil Kazem Khalil 8 February 1941 Tyre, Lebanon |
| Alma mater | American University of Beirut |
Early life and education
editKhalil was born in Tyre on 8 February 1941.[1] He hails from a Shiite family.[2] His parents are Kazem Khalil, a politician, and Mouzayan Haidar.[1][3]
Khalil received a degree in law from the American University of Beirut.[1]
Career
editFollowing his graduation Khalil worked as a barrister.[1] Then he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1] His first diplomatic post was the ambassador of Lebanon to Iran which he held between September 1971 and September 1978.[1][4] He was named as the ambassador of Lebanon to the Federal Republic of Germany in October 1978 and remained in office until July 1983.[1] He was the director general of legal affairs department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1983 and 1985.[1] He was the ambassador of Lebanon to the Netherlands from September 1985 to 1990.[1] Next he was appointed ambassador of Lebanon to Turkey in 1991 which he held until 1994.[1] He resigned from diplomatic post on 21 June 1996.[1]
Activities
editDuring his diplomatic post in Iran Khalil closely worked with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[5] One of their collaborative activities was to curtail the popularity of Musa Al Sadr, a powerful Lebanese Shia figure.[5] Khalil's family was not on good terms with Musa Al Sadr due to the conflicts between Al Sadr and Nasser Khalil, brother of Khalil Khalil.[6] Khalil was also close to the Iranian politician Asadollah Alam.[6]
Khalil is among the signatories of a document protesting the sectarian approach of two Shia political groups, Amal and Hezbollah.[2] The document was issued on 9 June 2020.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Who's Who in Lebanon (19th ed.). Beirut: Publitec Publications. 2007. p. 196. doi:10.1515/9783110945904.476. ISBN 978-3-598-07734-0.
- ^ a b c Fady Noun (11 June 2020). "Shiite intellectuals: the 'culture of discord' of Hezbollah and Amal threaten national unity". Asian News. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ A. Former Iranian (2013). "Intelligence, Security and Peace". In Hesi Carmel (ed.). Intelligence for Peace: The Role of Intelligence in Times of Peace. London; New York: Routledge. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-135-26166-5.
- ^ H. E. Chehabi; Hassan I. Mneimneh (2007). "Five Centuries of Lebanese–Iranian Encounters". In H. E. Chehabi (ed.). Distant Relations: Iran and Lebanon in the Last 500 Years. New York: I.B. Tauris. p. 26. ISBN 9781860645617.
- ^ a b Abbas William Samii (January 1997). "The Shah's Lebanon Policy: The Role of SAVAK". Middle Eastern Studies. 33 (1): 84. doi:10.1080/00263209708701142. JSTOR 4283847.
- ^ a b Arash Reisinezhad (2019). The Shah of Iran, the Iraqi Kurds, and the Lebanese Shia. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 251–252. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89947-3. ISBN 978-3-319-89947-3. S2CID 187523435.