Farid chehab biography of rory

Chehab, Farid (1908-1985)

Born in Hadeth, Mount Lebanon approx. 28 February 1908 (dates on birth certificates vary between 1905 and 1911) to the Emira Maryam Chehab (granddaughter of the last ruler of Lebanon, Emir Bashir III) and to Emir Hares Sayyed Ahmad Chehab (Honorary member of the Turkish Parliament).

Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Saint Joseph University in 1930.

Farid chehab biography of rory

That same year, enrolled in the French Police in Lebanon and rose through the ranks to become Head of the Counter Espionage Section and the Anti Communism Section. Accused of alleged covert activities in favour of Hitler's Germany, he was jailed in February 1941 until October 1943; released on the personal request of newly elected President Bechara el Khoury, Emir Farid was reinstated in his former position with all charges against him dropped.

From 1944 to 1948, he held the successive posts of: liaison officer between the Palestinian Directorate of Police and the Leban