Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (died 1977)

Kamal Jumblatt

Lebanese politician and author; founder of the Progressive Socialist Party (1917–1977)

Kamal Fouad Jumblatt was a Lebanese politician and za'im, 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…