Abdullah Rassi | |
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Member of the Parliament | |
In office 1972–1994 | |
Minister of Interior | |
In office April 1984 – 1988 | |
Prime Minister | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1929 |
Died | 1994 (aged 64–65) |
Spouse | Sonia Frangieh |
Children | Karim Rassi |
Occupation | Physician |
Abdullah Rassi (1929–1994) was a Lebanese physician and politician. He worked as a physician in Saudi Arabia in the 1960s and following the election of his father-in-law Suleiman Frangieh as the President of Lebanon in 1972 he began to involve in politics. Rassi was a long-term member of the Parliament of Lebanon and served as the minister of interior between 1984 and 1988.
Rassi was born in 1929 and hailed from a Greek Orthodox family. [1] He worked as a physician in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 1960s to the early 1970s. [2] Upon his return to Lebanon he was elected to the Lebanese Parliament in 1972 and served there until 1994. [3] He was appointed minister of interior to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Rashid Karami on 13 April 1984. [4] [5] Rassi was accompanying Rashid Karami in June 1987 while traveling to Beirut via a military helicopter. [6] [7] Karami was killed while Rassi and others were wounded when the helicopter was exploded by a time bomb. [7]
In 1966 Rassi married Sonia Frangieh, daughter of Suleiman Frangieh. [3] One of their children is Karim Rassi who also served at the Lebanese Parliament. [8] [9] He died in 1994. [3]