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Charles Helou was born on 25 September, 1913 in Beirut, Ottoman Empire, is a President of Lebanon from 1964 to 1970. Discover Charles Helou's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

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Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 25 September 1913
Birthday 25 September
Birthplace Beirut, Ottoman Empire
Date of death 2001
Died Place Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality Oman

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1913

Charles Helou (شارل الحلو; 25 September 1913 – 7 January 2001) was a Lebanese politician and President of Lebanon from 1964 to 1970.

Born in Beirut on 25 September 1913, Helou was the scion of a powerful Maronite family from Baabda.

1929

He graduated with honours from St. Joseph's University in Beirut in 1929, and went on to complete a law degree in 1934.

Helou worked in his early years as a journalist at the French language newspaper L'Eclair du Nord.

He was also at one time the political editor of Le Jour, a French daily newspaper owned by his close friend Michel Chiha.

1936

In 1936, he made his first foray into politics, when he joined with Pierre Gemayel and three others in launching the Kataeb (Phalangist) Party.

Differences with Gemayel later led Helou to quit the party, however.

1947

Helou's first governmental appointment was as ambassador to the Vatican in 1947.

1949

In 1949 he took part in the Israel/Lebanese armistice negotiations where Israel tried to gain diplomatic concessions in exchange for the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese Sovereign territory.

1952

In 1952, he married Nina Trad, niece of Petro Trad, who served as President of the French Mandate of Lebanon and under whom he had studied law.

Trad was one of the first women lawyers in Lebanon.

1954

He later served in the Cabinet as minister of justice and health (1954–1955) and as minister of education (1964).

1963

Helou founded and launched the Institute for Palestine Studies in 1963.

The most pressing issue that was first to cause problems for Helou was the Israeli diversion of the Jordan River.

The impressive economic growth that characterized Helou's presidency translated into a cultural and lifestyle belle époque in Lebanon (perhaps this gained the name for Beirut as the 'Paris of the Orient' and Lebanon as the 'Switzerland of the East').

1964

Initially, Helou's lack of political affiliation gave him the appearance of a leader able to unite Lebanon and he was chosen to succeed Fuad Chehab as president by the National Assembly in 1964.

The alliance between Chehab and Lebanese prime minister Rashid Karami, a staunch Arab nationalist, soon left Karami in effective control of the Lebanese government.

1966

However this period was also partly marred by the Intra Bank crisis of 1966 and Lebanon's increasing inability to avoid involvement in the Arab–Israeli conflict.

1967

The Six-Day War of 1967, strained sectarian relations in Lebanon.

Many Muslims wanted Lebanon to join the Arab war effort, while many Christians wished to eschew participation.

Helou managed to keep Lebanon from entanglement, apart from a brief air strike, but found it impossible to put the lid on the tensions that had been raised.

1968

Parliamentary elections in 1968 revealed an increasing polarization in the country, with two major coalitions, one pro-Arab Nationalism, led by Rashid Karami and the other pro-Western, led jointly by former President Camille Chamoun, Pierre Gemayel and Raymond Eddé, both made major gains and won 30 of the 99 seats each.

In addition, government authority was challenged by the presence of armed Palestinian guerrillas in the south of the country, and clashes between the Lebanese army and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) became increasingly frequent.

1969

For a long time, Helou resisted their demands, but in 1969, after failing to end the rebellion militarily, he finally gave in, hoping that the Palestinian guerrillas would confine their operations to cross-border attacks against Israel and would stop challenging the Lebanese government.

As it turned out, the clashes only intensified.

1970

In 1970, Helou endorsed Elias Sarkis as his chosen successor, but the latter lost the election in the National Assembly by one vote to Suleiman Frangieh.

Unlike other former presidents, who remained politically active after retirement, Helou faded from the scene.

He was involved in a philanthropic venture, founding a number of restaurants to provide free hot meals to elderly people.

2001

Helou died of a heart attack on 7 January 2001.

He was 87.