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Charles Debbas

1885–1935 · 20th century

Charles Debbas was a Lebanese Greek Orthodox lawyer and politician. When the constitution of May 1926 turned Greater Lebanon into the Lebanese Republic under the French Mandate, he was elected its first president, serving until 1934. His term saw the constitution suspended by the French high commissioner in 1932.

Charles Debbas
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Greater LebanonLebanese Republic

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