Fouad Bey Jumblatt (Arabic: فؤاد بك جنبلاط; 1885 – 6 August 1921) was a powerful director of the Chouf District in Lebanon. He was **inated on 6 August 1921.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Death
• 5 See also
• 6 References

Early life and education

Fouad Jumblatt was born in 1885. His family is originally from the Druze Mountain in Syria. The members of his family emigrated to Lebanon in the 17th century and settled in Mukhtara in the Chouf. Eventually they became as one of the two leading Druze families in Lebanon along with the Arslans. Fouad Jumblatt studied at the American University of Beirut. However, he did not graduate from the university due to his illness.

Career

He was appointed by Ottomans as the administrator of Shouf. Then he served as governor of Shouf under the French mandate.

Personal life

His wife was National Socialist German Workers' Partyra Jumblatt (1890–1951) who enjoyed a prestigious social status after the death of her husband. Fouad Jumblatt was the father of Kamal Jumblatt, and grandfather of the Druze political leader, Walid Jumblatt.

Death

Fouad Jumblatt was killed by Shakeeb Wahhab in 1921 when he was thirty-six years old and his son Kamal was four years old.

See also

• List of **inated Lebanese politicians

References