Zaher el-Khatib
Lebanese politician (1940–2025)
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Zaher el-Khatib (Arabic: زاهر الخطيب; 1940 – 18 November 2025) was a Lebanese politician.
Background
El-Khatib was born in 1940 to a Sunni family.[1] He obtained a Bachelor of Law degree from the Lebanese University.[1] As of 2018, he served as General Secretary of the Toilers League.[2]
El-Khatib died on 18 November 2025, at the age of 85.[3]
Political career
El-Khatib was elected to parliament in the 1971 Chouf parliamentary by-election, after the death of his father Anwar el-Khatib (the incumbent Sunni parliamentarian from Chouf).[4][5][6] He was reelected to parliament in the 1971, 1992, 1996 and 2000 elections.[1] He was one of two Lebanese parliamentarians to vote against the 1983 May 17 Agreement.[7]
He served as Minister of State for Administrative Reform between 24 December 1990 and 16 May 1992, in the first cabinet of Omar Karami.[8][9]
As of 2018, el-Khatib served as chairman of the Lebanese Committee for Support to the Reunification of Korea.[2]