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Lebanon s oldest lawmaker dies from coronavirus January 31, 2021 at 4:32 pm | Published in: Coronavirus, Lebanon, Middle East, News
Christian opposition leader General Michel Aoun (L) stands with independent MP Michel Murr in Doha on May 18, 2008 [HASSAN IBRAHIM/AFP via Getty Images] January 31, 2021 at 4:32 pm
Lebanon s oldest lawmaker Michel Murr died from the coronavirus on Sunday at the age of 89, according to the official Lebanese News Agency,
Anadolu Agency reports.
He was hospitalised in December after contracting the virus where he breathed his last.
Murr was the oldest lawmaker in the current Lebanese parliament. He had previously served in several governments, taking the post of deputy prime minister and the minister of the interior, defense, telecommunications, and housing.
CAIRO, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) Lebanon recorded on Sunday 2,139 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 301,052; Meanwhile, Israel agreed to provide some 5,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the Palestinian Authority. The Lebanese Health Ministry reported 51 new deaths from the infectious virus, raising Lebanon s total COVID-19 death toll to 3,082. On Sunday, former Lebanese parliament member Michel Murr died of coronavirus complications at the age of 89. Israel has agreed to provide some 5,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Israeli media reported that the vaccines will be used for Palestinian medical workers. The move came after United Nations officials and human rights groups urged Israel to provide vaccines to the Palestinians.
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Michel Murr, Lebanon’s oldest member of parliament, died on Sunday from coronavirus-related complications. He was 89, Lebanon s National News Agency reported.
Murr, who was first elected as an MP in 1968, served
for three
decades in a row since 1992.
After the end of the country’s civil war in the early 90s, he held several government posts while serving as deputy prime minister from 1992 to 2000.
Throughout his 60-year-long political career, Murr was appointed to lead several ministries, including the interior, defence and telecom portfolios.
In 2004, he was elected as deputy parliament speaker. He served in the post until the 2005 parliamentary elections, which followed the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, the business tycoon credited with rebuilding Beirut after the civil war.