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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningKamal JumblattFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchKamal Jumblatt (Arabic: ßãÇá ÌäÈáÇØ; (December 6, 1917 – March 16, 1977) was an important Lebanese politician. He was the main leader of the anti-government forces in the early years of the Lebanese Civil War. He is the father of the present Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt.Contents1 Family background amp; education2 Early political career3 The 1958 revolt4 Uniting the opposition5 Build-up to Civil War6 The Lebanese Civil War7 Death and legacy8 Literary and philosophical production9 External links[edit]Family background amp; educationKamal Jumblatt was born in 1917 in Mukhtara, in the Chouf area of Lebanon, in prestigious Jumblatt family, who were traditional leaders of the Lebanese Druze community. His father, the powerful Druze chieftain Fouad Joumblatt, director of the Chouf District, was assassinated on August 6, 1931. After his father’s death, Kamal Jumblatt’s mother Nazira played a significant political role for over a quarter of a century.In 1926, the young Kamal Jumblatt joined the Lazarus Fathers Institute in Aintoura, where he completed his elementary studies in 1928. He achieved his high school diploma, having studied French, Arabic, science and literature, in 1936, and a philosophy diploma in 1937.Jumblatt then pursued higher studies in France, where he joined the Faculty of Arts at the Sorbonne University and achieved a degree in Psychology amp; Civil Education, and another one in Sociology. He returned to Lebanon in 1939, after the outbreak of World War II and continued his studies at St Joseph University where he obtained a law degree in 1945.On May 1, 1948, he married May Arslan, daughter of Prince Shakib Arslan (the Arslans being the other prominent Lebanese Druze family). Their only son, Walid Jumblatt, was born on August 7, 1949.[edit]Early political careerKamal Jumblatt practiced law in Lebanon from 1941 to 1942 and was designated the Official State Lawyer for the Lebanese Government. In 1943, he appeared on the political scene after the death of his relative Hikmat Joumblatt. In September, 1943, Kamal Jumblatt was elected to the National Assembly for the first time, as a deputy of Mount Lebanon. He joined the opposition to the ruling Constitutional Bloc Party, headed by the then-President, Bechara El Khoury. In 1946, he was appointed Minister for the first time, for the portfolio of Economy, Agriculture amp; Social Affairs.In 1947, in spite of his own election for the second time as deputy, he resigned from the government, protesting voter fraud in the parliamentary elections. Likewise, he protested against what he termed the oppression and corruption of Bechara El Khoury, and was a main founder of the National Socialist Front, a movement which succeeded one year later in bringing down Bechara El Khoury.On March 17, 1949, Kamal Jumblatt officially founded the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) an
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