Nazar Najarian

Lebanese businessman and politician (1957–2020)

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Nazar Najarian (Arabic: نزار نَجَاريَان; Armenian: Նազար Նաճարեան; circa 24 July 1957 – 4 August 2020), also known as Nazo (Arabic: نازو),[1] was a Lebanese businessman and politician of Armenian descent who served as secretary-general of Lebanon's Kataeb Party, a Christian political party, from 11 June 2018 until his death on 4 August 2020.[2]

Biography

Najarian was the eldest sibling in an Armenian family of five. He got involved in Lebanese politics at the onset of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975.[3]

In 1980, Bachir Gemayel had commissioned Nazar with the mission of "mobilizing individuals". He also undertook several missions during the Bachir Gemayel era, and especially during the Lebanese Civil War.[4]

He had moved away from Lebanon to Qatar and stayed there until October 2012, after which he went to Montreal, where he was completely away from politics.[2][5] He was CEO at Tetran Holding Inc.

Najarian was killed on 4 August 2020, aged 63, after a series of explosions had occurred at the Port of Beirut, sending debris across the city. He suffered head trauma and succumbed to his injuries.[6][7][8][9] He was buried on 8 August 2020.[10]

References

  1. ^ "الكتائب ينعى أمينه العام نزار نجاريان الذي استشهد جراء إصابته في انفجار مرفأ بيروت". Kataeb.org. Kataeb Party. 4 August 2020. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "نزار نجاريان "الذي يحبه الجميع" أميناً عاماً لحزب الكتائب" (in Arabic). 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ Montreal businessman among victims of Beirut explosion Archived 6 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine Adam Kovac. CTV, 4 August 2020
  4. ^ Ménargues, Alain (2004). أسرار حرب لبنان من انقلاب بشير الجميل إلى حرب المخيمات الفلسطينية [Secrets of the Lebanon War] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon. p. 417. ISBN 9782123469605. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "Former Montrealer killed in deadly explosion in Beirut". CBC News. 4 August 2020. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. ^ Liz Sly. "Scores dead and more than 3,000 injured as explosions rock Beirut, Health Ministry says". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Lebanese Kataeb Party's Secretary-General Nazar Najarian killed in Beirut blast". Public Radio of Armenia. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  8. ^ Ben Hubbard; Maria Abi-Habib (4 August 2020). "Deadly Explosions Shatter Beirut, Lebanon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Secretary-general of Lebanese Kataeb Party Najarian dies in Beirut blast". news.am. Archived from the original on 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  10. ^ "تشييع نزار نجاريان واستقالة نواب الكتائب من المجلس (صور)" (in Arabic). 8 August 2020. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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