Takieddin el-Solh [SEP] position held
Takieddin el-Solh
Takieddin el-Solh (also "Takieddin Solh", "Takieddin as-Solh"; ) (1908 in Sidon, Lebanon – 27 November 1988 in Paris) was a Lebanese politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1973 to 1974, and again briefly in 1980.
El-Solh, a Sunni Muslim, was a legislator representing the Beqaa Valley from 1957-1960 and 1964-68. From 1964-65, he was Minister of the Interior in the Government
National Call Party
The National Call Party (, "hizb al-nida' al-qawmi") was a political party in Lebanon. The party was founded by Takieddin el-Solh and Ali Bazzi. Not really a formally structured party, it functioned as a political platform for the el-Solh family and drew support mainly from poor Sunnis in Beirut and Sidon.
The party made some inroads in Tripoli ahead of the 1947 elections, in the wake of a corruption scandal damaging the position of local strongman Rachid