{"id":"takieddin-el-solh","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/takieddin-el-solh","language":"en","name":"Takieddin el-Solh","name_en":"Takieddin el-Solh","name_ne":null,"description":"Prime Minister of Lebanon (1908–1988)","headline":"Prime Minister of Lebanon (1908–1988)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Takieddin el-Solh (also Takieddin Solh, Takieddin as-Solh; Arabic: تقي الدين الصلح) (1908 – 27 November 1988) was a Lebanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1973 to 1974, and again briefly in 1980.","summary_more":["El-Solh was born in Sidon, Lebanon. A Sunni Muslim, he was a legislator representing the Beqaa Valley from 1957–1960 and 1964–1968.  In 1964–1965 he was Minister of the Interior in the Government of Hussein al-Oweini. In 1973, President Suleiman Frangieh named him Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. He served as Prime Minister until 1974, when he was succeeded by Rachid Solh. In July 1980, President Elias Sarkis asked el-Solh to form a government, but he was unable to do so and resigned in October.","His wife was Fadwa Barazi El-Solh.","Takieddin was known for wearing the tarboush. He was faced with extensive objection by the Syrians and was told to leave Lebanon. He spent his last days in Paris, where he died of a heart attack, aged 80."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1908","date":"1908"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514340#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Sidon","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163490"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514340#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"27 November 1988","date":"1988-11-27"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514340#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514340#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Ottoman Empire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12560","end":"1918"},{"text":"Arab Kingdom of Syria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146600","start":"1918","end":"1920"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514340#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"journalist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930187"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514340#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Prime Minister of Lebanon (8 July 1973 – 31 October 1974)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14915225","start":"1973-07-08","end":"1974-10-31"},{"text":"Minister of Finance (8 July 1973 – 31 October 1974)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114287637","start":"1973-07-08","end":"1974-10-31"},{"text":"Minister of the Interior and Municipalities of Lebanon (18 November 1964 – 25 July 1965)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105164607","start":"1964-11-18","end":"1965-07-25"},{"text":"Member of the Parliament of Lebanon (1964–1968)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21328581","start":"1964","end":"1968"},{"text":"Member of the Parliament of Lebanon (1957–1960)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21328581","start":"1957","end":"1960"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514340#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takieddin_el-Solh","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514340"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Takieddin el-Solh born?","a":"Takieddin el-Solh was born on 1908 in Sidon."},{"q":"What positions has Takieddin el-Solh held?","a":"Positions held by Takieddin el-Solh include: Prime Minister of Lebanon (1973–1974); Minister of Finance (1973–1974); Minister of the Interior and Municipalities of Lebanon (1964–1965); Member of the Parliament of Lebanon (1964–1968); Member of the Parliament of Lebanon (1957–1960)."}],"related":[{"name":"Michel Aoun","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michel-aoun"},{"name":"Rafic Hariri","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rafic-hariri"},{"name":"Saad Hariri","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/saad-hariri"},{"name":"Najib Mikati","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/najib-mikati"},{"name":"Hassan Diab","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hassan-diab"},{"name":"Fouad Siniora","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fouad-siniora"},{"name":"Riad Al Solh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/riad-al-solh"},{"name":"Michel Murr","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michel-murr"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/takieddin-el-solh-85ac4d17c2.jpg","width":500,"height":624,"license":"CC0","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Takieddine_el-solh.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Takieddin el-Solh","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takieddin_el-Solh","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3514340","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514340","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Takieddine el-solh.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (CC0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Takieddine_el-solh.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Takieddin el-Solh, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Takieddine el-solh.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, CC0.","cite":"\"Takieddin el-Solh\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/takieddin-el-solh. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T09:28:17Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/takieddin-el-solh","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/takieddin-el-solh","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/takieddin-el-solh?lang=ne"}}