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Fauzi SalluhMinister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of Lebanon.
Date of Birth: 01.01.1931
Country:  Lebanon |
Content:
- Fauzi Salloukh: Lebanese Diplomat and Minister of State
- Diplomatic Career
- Political Involvement
- Ambassadorship and University Leadership
- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
- Personal Life and Legacy
Fauzi Salloukh: Lebanese Diplomat and Minister of State
Early Life and EducationFauzi Salloukh was born in 1931 in the village of Kammatieh, Aley District, Mount Lebanon. He received his primary education at the Nahda School in Aleppo, Syria, and his secondary education at the National University in Aley, graduating in 1950. In 1954, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the American University of Beirut.
Diplomatic Career
Salloukh began his diplomatic career in 1960. He served as Chargé d'Affaires in Liberia (1962) and Sierra Leone (1964). Upon his return to Beirut in 1971, he held various positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants. In 1978, he became Lebanon's Ambassador to Nigeria, followed by Algeria in 1985. In 1987, he headed the Economic Relations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants.
Political Involvement
In 1989, Salloukh played a key role as a political advisor to the President of the Supreme Shia Council and the former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament during the Taif Agreement negotiations that ended the Lebanese Civil War.
Ambassadorship and University Leadership
From 1990 to 1994, Salloukh served as Lebanon's Ambassador to Austria and its representative to the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In 1994, he became Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg and Lebanon's representative to the European Union, based in Brussels. In 1998, he was appointed General Director of the Islamic University in Lebanon.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
In 2005, Salloukh was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in the government of Fouad Siniora. As a Shia minister, he was seen as a supporter of Hezbollah, although he was not a member of the movement. During the 2006 Lebanon-Israel conflict, he strongly supported Hezbollah and opposed its disarmament.
Personal Life and Legacy
Salloukh is married with three children. He is the author of several books in Arabic and has received numerous awards and medals for his contributions to Lebanese diplomacy.
