Elias Rababi | |
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Ambassador of Lebanon to Argentina | |
In office 1962 – February 1966 | |
Ambassador of Lebanon to Germany | |
In office 9 October 1959 – 1 October 1962 | |
Preceded by | Georges Hakim |
Succeeded by | Naim Amyouni |
Personal details | |
Born | 1913 |
Died | 1999 (aged 85–86) |
Nationality | Lebanese |
Political party | Kataeb Party |
Elias Rababi (1913–1999) was a Lebanese journalist and politician who served as the general secretary of the Kataeb Party. He was also Lebanese ambassador to Germany and Argentina. His other significant post was the editor-in-chief of the Kataeb Party's newspaper, Al Amal.
Born in 1913 Rababi was a Maronite and a member of the Kataeb Party.[1] Following the establishment of the party in 1936 he was appointed its regional director and actively involved in the recruitment activities.[2] He was the candidate of the party in the by-election on 4 May 1945 in Mount Lebanon.[3] However, not Rababi but Philippe Takla won the seat.[3][4] The party's newspapers, Al Amal and Action, were also edited by him for a long time,[1] and Rababi headed the propaganda and press department of the party.[5] He also was a columnist for the An-Nahar newspaper in the 1980s.[6]
Rababi was one of the persons who developed early connections between the Israeli officials and the Kataeb Party in the period 1948–1951.[1][7] In the 1950 meeting they discussed the financial assistance of Israel to the party concerning the preparations for the next general elections.[7] Rababi also organized a meeting between Pierre Gemayel, Kataeb leader, and Yehoshua Palmon, an Israeli diplomat, in Switzerland in 1950.[8] These contacts were first uncovered by an Israeli journalist and historian, Benny Morris, who wrote for The Jerusalem Post in 1983.[9]
Rababi was the ambassador of Lebanon to Germany between 9 October 1959 and 1 October 1962.[10] Then he served as the ambassador of Lebanon to Argentina until February 1966.[11]
Rababi died in December 1999.[12]