Kamal Jumblatt

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Kamal Fouad Jumblatt (Arabic: كمال فؤاد جنبلاط, romanized: Kamāl Fuʾād Junblāṭṭ; 6 December 1917 – 16 March 1977) was a Lebanese politician and za'im (political boss), who founded the Progressive Socialist Party. He led the National Movement during the Lebanese Civil War. He was a major ally of the Palestine Liberation Organization until his assassination in 1977. He authored more than 40 books centred on various political, philosophical, literary, religious, medical, social, and economic topics. In September 1972, Kamal Jumblatt received the International Lenin Peace Prize. He is the father of the Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and the son-in-law of the Arab writer and politician Shakib Arslan.

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