Adel Osseiran
Adel Osseiran | |
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عادل عسيران | |
Osseiran in 1960 | |
| 4th Legislative Speaker of Lebanon | |
| In office 13 August 1953 – 20 October 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Assad |
| Succeeded by | Sabri Hamadeh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 June 1905 |
| Died | 18 June 1998 (aged 93) Sidon, Lebanon |
Adel Osseiran (Arabic: عادل عسيران; 5 June 1905 – 18 June 1998) was a Lebanese politician and statesman. A prominent political figure in Lebanon, he was a former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament as well as one of the founding fathers of the Lebanese Republic.
Osseiran played a significant role at various points in the history of modern Lebanon, such as the struggle for independence (1943), the 1958 Lebanon crisis, and the Lausanne Conference for Peace (1984).