{"id":64695,"date":"2023-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/64695\/former-speaker-of-parliament-hussein-el-husseini-dead-at-85"},"modified":"2023-08-29T14:28:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T14:28:47","slug":"former-speaker-of-parliament-hussein-el-husseini-dead-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/64695\/former-speaker-of-parliament-hussein-el-husseini-dead-at-85\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Speaker of Parliament Hussein El-Husseini Dead At 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese politician and former Speaker of Parliament Hussein el-Husseini passed away this morning at the age of 85. <\/p> <p>El-Husseini was a major player in the forging of the Taif Agreement, the accord that led to the formal end of Lebanon&#8217;s civil war in 1990. Born on 15 April 1937, he was speaker of parliament from 1984 to 1992, succeeding Kamel al Assaad and preceding Nabih Berri&#8217;s present reign.<\/p>   <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062d\u0633\u064a\u0646_\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u064a\u0646\u064a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xljuueIZHV\">pic.twitter.com\/xljuueIZHV<\/a><\/p>\u2014 MTV Lebanon News (@MTVLebanonNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MTVLebanonNews\/status\/1613095368983445506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>   <p> The Zahle-born politician was first elected to parliament in 1972 and was a close collaborator with Amal leader, Imam Moussa al Sadr. El-Husseini then played a major part in the founding of the Amal Movement alongside Sadr and served in a major leadership roles in the party prior to his ascension to speaker.<\/p> <p>May he rest in peace. 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