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Selim Hoss

1929 - 2024

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Salim Ahmad al-Huss (Arabic: سليم أحمد الحص, romanized: Salīm ʾAḥmad al-Ḥuṣṣ; 20 December 1929 – 25 August 2024), also spelled Selim El-Hoss, was a Lebanese politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon and a longtime Member of Parliament representing his hometown, Beirut. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Selim Hoss has received more than 169,176 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Selim Hoss is the 10,178th most popular politician (up from 11,088th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 76th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Lebanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Selim Hoss ranks 10,178 out of 19,576Before him are Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Isabelle of France, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Marino Grimani, Roberto Fiore, and Laches. After him are Marcia, Otto IV, Duke of Lower Bavaria, Patriarch Miron of Romania, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Alexander I of Georgia, and Sancho, Count of Provence.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Selim Hoss ranks 198Before him are Benny Golson, Hong Song-nam, Nadja Tiller, James R. Schlesinger, Petr Shelokhonov, and Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia. After him are Mariama Bâ, Alexis Weissenberg, Roger Bannister, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Lee Hazlewood, and Fazil Iskander. Among people deceased in 2024, Selim Hoss ranks 184Before him are Brian Mulroney, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, William Anders, Benny Golson, Jim Simons, and Helmuth Duckadam. After him are Allen J. Bard, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Ethel Kennedy, Lev Rubinstein, Giacomo Losi, and Jorge Toro.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Selim Hoss ranks 75 out of 145Before him are Philo of Byblos (64), Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920), Etel Adnan (1925), Riad Al Solh (1894), Wadih El Safi (1921), and Élias Sarkis (1924). After him are Gabriel Yared (1949), Charles Helou (1913), Hassan Diab (1959), Callinicus of Heliopolis (700), Georgina Rizk (1953), and Antoun Saadeh (1904).

Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Selim Hoss ranks 38Before him are Elias Hrawi (1926), Suleiman Frangieh (1910), Samir Geagea (1952), Abdalonymus (-305), Riad Al Solh (1894), and Élias Sarkis (1924). After him are Charles Helou (1913), Hassan Diab (1959), Bashir Shihab II (1767), Rashid Karami (1921), Elie Saab (1964), and Rula Ghani (1948).