Kamal Jumblatt
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Kamal Bek Jumblatt (Arabic: كمال بك جنبلاط; 6 December 1917 – 16 March 1977) was a prominent Lebanese politician, philosopher, author, and poet. He is the founder of the Progressive Socialist Party and leader of the Lebanese National Movement which opposed the right-wing political parties backed by the Syrian government during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War. He was a major ally of the Palestine Liberation Organization until his assassination in 1977. He has authored more than 40 books centered 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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6 December 1917 Moukhtara
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16 March 1977 (aged 59) Baakleen, Chouf, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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