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Michel Eddé

1928-02-16 – 2019-11-03

Portrait of Michel Eddé
Michel Eddé - 1988 (picture first published in March 1988 in the book of "On the way to the Palace; Presidential Candidates and programs of 1988.)Credit: The Institute of Lebanese Contemporary Studies

Life & Legacy

Michel Eddé (16 February 1928 - 3 November 2019) was a Lebanese Maronite lawyer, philanthropist, and politician.
Throughout his life, Eddé was a defender of the confessional plurality of Lebanon and of the political and cultural coexistence of different communities.
Upon his death, the French Embassy in Lebanon decreed that Eddé was a "man of dialogue and harmony between communities and faiths".

Occupation & Career

politician, lawyer, businessperson

Education

Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour; Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Faith & Community

Christianity

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour; Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland; Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar‎; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great; Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit; honorary doctor of Saint Joseph University

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar‎ · Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit · Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour · honorary doctor of Saint Joseph University · Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great · Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Church

Christianity

Education & Institutions

Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour · Saint Joseph University of Beirut

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q3309571 — wikidata View source

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