Ayoub Tabet

Ayoub Tabet
Ayoub Tabet
أيوب تابت
	1922 Autochrome by Auguste Léon
6th Prime Minister of French Mandate of Lebanon
	In office; Acting: 22 March 1943 – 22 July 1943
Preceded by	Sami as-Solh
Succeeded by	Petro Trad
	In office; 30 January 1936 – 5 January 1937
Preceded by	Charles Debbas
Succeeded by	Khayreddin al-Ahdab
President of French Mandate of Lebanon; Acting
	In office; 18 March 1943 – 22 July 1943
Preceded by	Alfred Naqqache
Succeeded by	Petro Trad
Personal details
Born	1884; Bhamdoun, Ottoman Empire
Died	14 February 1947 (aged 62–63); Beirut, Lebanon

Ayoub Tabet (Arabic: أيوب تابت; 1884 – 14 February 1947) was a Lebanese Protestant politician.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career

Tabet was the acting president of Lebanon during the French Mandate of Lebanon from 18 March to 22 July 1943 replacing President Alfred Naqqache and Prime Minister of Lebanon for the same period. He was also the acting prime minister (30 January 1936 - 5 January 1937).^[4]

He was also the secretary of the "Beirut Reform Movement," which had Salim Ali Salam and Petro Trad as its executive officers.

^ Lebanon: The Challenge of Independence, page 262, chapter 7, remark 1
^ Stéphane Malsagne (2011). Fouad Chéhab, 1902-1973: une figure oubliée de l'histoire libanaise. KARTHALA Editions. p. 85. ISBN 978-2-8111-0516-7.
^ Nadine Picaudou (1 January 1989). La déchirure libanaise. Editions Complexe. p. 78. ISBN 978-2-87027-273-2.
^ "Index Ta-Ti". Rulers. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

Political offices
Preceded by Charles Debbas	Prime Minister of Lebanon 30 January 1936 – 5 January 1937	Succeeded by Khayreddin al-Ahdab
Preceded by Sami as-Solh	Prime Minister of Lebanon Acting 22 March 1943 – 21 July 1943	Succeeded by Petro Trad
Preceded by Alfred Naqqache	President of Lebanon Acting 18 March 1943 – 22 July 1943	Succeeded by Petro Trad