Ibrahim al-Abdallah

Ibrahim al-Abdullah (Arabic: ابراهيم العبدالله‎, born around 1924) is a Lebanese journalist and politician.

Background

Al-Abdallah studied at the Sagesse College and obtained a license degree in political science. He went on to work as a journalist; between 1953 and 1958 he worked at the ad-Diyar newspaper. He was also employed as an officer in the Chamber of Deputies.[1]

Al-Abdallah was the son of a Shiite political leader, Ali al-Abdallah, who had been serving in the parliament. Ibrahim al-Abdallah ran for parliament in the 1960 election as an independent candidate in the Marjeyoun-Hasbaya constituency, securing a seat.[1][2]

Ibrahim al-Abdallah ran for parliament again in the 1968 election in Marjeyoun-Hasbaya constituency. He was the running mate of As'ad al-As'ad. He obtained 5,593 votes, not enough to regain his seat.[1][3]

References
  1. Zuwiyya, Jalal. The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 53, 55
  2. Ḥevrah ha-Mizraḥit ha-Yiśreʼelit, Merkaz le-meḥḳar ʻal shem Reʼuven Shiloaḥ, and Mekhon Shiloaḥ le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon ṿe-Afriḳah. Middle East Record. Tel Aviv: Israel Oriental Society, Reuven Shiloah Research Center, 1960. pp. 355
  3. Mājid, Mājid Khalīl. al-Intikhābāt al-niyābīyah, 1861-1992: al-qawānīn, al-natāʼij. [Beirut?]: Tawzīʻ, al-Muʼassasah al-Jāmiʻīyah lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Nashr, 1992.
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