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This is a list of many, but not all, of the assassinated Lebanese political figures:
Fouad Jumblatt - a leader in the Chouf District , and father of Kamal Jumblatt , later assassinated as well. Assassinated on 6 August 1921.Riad Al Solh - first prime minister of Lebanon. Assassinated on 17 July 1951.Maarouf Saad - Mayor of Sidon and founder of the Popular Nasserist Organization . Shot by a sniper on 26 February 1975 and died on 6 March 1975.[ 1] See Lebanese Civil War .Kamal Jumblatt - founder of Progressive Socialist Party . Assassinated on 16 March 1977.[ 2] Tony Frangieh - son of former President Suleiman Frangieh . Assassinated on 13 June 1978, known as Ehden Massacre .[ 2] Salim Lawzi - journalist. Assassinated some time between 24 February and 6 March 1980.[ 2] Riad Taha - journalist and president of the Lebanese Publishers Association. Assassinated on 23 July 1980.[ 2] Bachir Gemayel - former President-Elect, founder of Lebanese Forces , son of Pierre Gemayel . Assassinated on 14 September 1982.Sheikh Ahmad Assaf - Lebanese Sunni cleric. Assassinated in April 1982.[ 3]
Ragheb Harb - was a Lebanese resistance leader and Muslim cleric.Assassinated on 16 February 1984.Sobhi Saleh - head of the Sunni Islamic Higher Council. Assassinated on October 1986.[ 2]
Rashid Karami - former Prime Minister. Assassinated on 1 June 1987.[ 4] Mohammad Choucair - adviser to the former President Amine Gemayel . Assassinated on 2 August 1987.[ 5] Hassan Khaled - former Grand Mufti of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community. Assassinated on 16 May 1989.[ 3] Nazem el Qadri - member of the Lebanese Parliament. Assassinated on 22 September 1989.[ 2]
René Moawad - former Lebanese president. Assassinated on 22 November 1989.Dany Chamoun - leader of National Liberal Party, son of Camille Chamoun . Assassinated on 21 October 1990.Abbas al-Musawi - leader of Hezbollah . Assassinated on 16 February 1992.Elie Hobeika - militia commander, politician. Assassinated on 24 January 2002.Ramzi Irani - Lebanese Forces student representative at Lebanese University . Assassinated on 7 May 2002.Rafik Hariri and Bassel Fleihan - former Lebanese Prime Minister and Former Minister, respectively. Assassinated on 14 February 2005.Samir Kassir - university professor, journalist and historian. Assassinated on 2 June 2005.George Hawi - former secretary general of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP). Assassinated on 21 June 2005.Gebran Tueni - politician and newspaper editor. Assassinated on 12 December 2005.Pierre Amine Gemayel - Minister of Industry and leader of Kataeb . Assassinated on 21 November 2006.Walid Eido - parliament Member. Assassinated on 13 June 2007.Antoine Ghanem - parliament Member. Assassinated on 19 September 2007.François al-Hajj - Brigadier General of the Lebanese Army . Assassinated on 12 December 2007.Wissam Eid - an officer in the Internal Security Forces investigating the 2005 Hariri assassination. Assassinated on 25 January 2008.
Imad Mughniyah - senior Hezbollah member. Assassinated on 12 February 2008.Saleh al Aridi - a leader of the Lebanese Democratic Party. Assassinated on 10 September 2008.Wissam al-Hassan , head of information branch of the Internal Security Forces . Assassinated on 19 October 2012.[ 6] Hassan al-Laqqis - was a military commander of Hezbollah . Assassinated between 3 and 4 December 2013.Mohamad Chatah - Former Lebanese Finance Minister and critic of Syria and Hezbollah. A senior adviser to the Sunni Future politician Saad Hariri. Assassinated on 27 December 2013.
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