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Henri Philippe Pharaoun

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Pharaon was murdered in his bedroom at the Carlton Hotel in 1993. He was stabbed 16 times; his driver and bodyguard were also found stabbed over 20 times to death at the scene. Police released a statement including the possibility of robbery as a motive for stabbing the 92-year-old man so many
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In 1962, Henri Pharaon showed the architect Oscar Niemeyer a large project which he qualified as interesting and consisting in exhuming the ancient city of Baalbeck. The sketches were made by Lucien Cavro architect and archaeologist working on the most beautiful sites in
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One of their palaces in Beirut was one of the landmarks of that city, and was partly destroyed during the civil war and later sold to the Saudi royal family.
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Père Constantin Pacha, Les Pharaon. Monographie d'une grande famille et ses branches (Araya, Lebanon: Imprimerie Catholique, 1995).
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Probably the richest man in Lebanon during much of his lifetime, he helped to found independent Lebanon and designed the
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intermittently from 1945 to 1947. After that, he retired from politics to focus on business interests. During the
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who encouraged cooperation between Christians and Muslims, Pharaon opposed prime minister
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A man formerly employed by Pharaon as a bodyguard was arrested for his murder.
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family who played an influential role in Lebanese history under the
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Lebanese art collector, sportsman, politician and businessman
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Known as a 303: 299: 295: 289: 288:Lebanese flag 284: 282: 278: 274: 270: 266: 262: 258: 254: 246: 244: 242: 238: 234: 233:art collector 231: 227: 223: 214: 211: 208: 206: 202: 199:(stab wounds) 198: 197:Assassination 195: 191: 188: 184: 176:6 August 1993 175: 171: 168: 164: 159: 155: 150: 146: 143: 140: 134: 130: 124: 121: 118: 112: 106: 101: 98: 94: 91: 88: 82: 79: 76: 70: 67: 64: 58: 52: 47: 44: 40: 36: 32: 27: 23:Henri Pharaon 20: 650: 632: 560:. Retrieved 558:. 1993-08-07 555: 531:. Retrieved 529:. 1993-08-07 526: 517: 508: 502: 491:. Retrieved 486: 477: 466:. Retrieved 464:. 1993-08-07 461: 452: 443: 432:. 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Minister of Foreign Affairs
Riad Al Solh
Habib Abou Chahla
Hamid Frangieh
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Abdul Hamid Karami
Hamid Frangieh
Alexandria
Khedivate of Egypt
Beirut
Lebanon
Assassination
Alma mater
University of Lyon
Lebanese
art collector
foreign minister
assassinated
Lebanese Melkite Catholic
Syria
Lebanese
Alexandria
Egypt
Beirut
Switzerland
Jaffa
Lebanese flag
Ma'anid dynasty
Druze

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