Nazar Najarian

Nazar Najarian (Arabic: نزار نَجَاريَان‎; Armenian: Նազար Նաճարեան; circa 24 July 1957 – 4 August 2020), also known as Nazo,[1] was a Lebanese businessman and politician of Armenian descent who served as secretary-general of Lebanon's Kataeb Party, a Christian political party, from 11 June 2018 until his death on 4 August 2020.[2]

Nazar Najarian
نزار نَجَاريَان
Died4 August 2020 
Beirut 
NationalityLebanese
OccupationPolitician, businessman
Political partyKataeb Party 
Position heldSecretary General of the Kataeb Party (2018–2020) 

Biography

Najarian was the eldest sibling in an Armenian family of five. He got involved in Lebanese politics at the onset of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975.[3]

In 1980, Bachir Gemayel had commissioned Nazar with the mission of "mobilizing individuals". He also undertook several missions during the Bachir Gemayel era, and especially during the Lebanese Civil War.[4]

He had moved away from Lebanon to Qatar and stayed there until October 2012, after which he went to Montreal, where he was completely away from politics.[2][5] He was CEO at Tetran Holding Inc.

Najarian was killed on 4 August 2020, after a series of explosions had occurred at the Port of Beirut, sending debris across the city. He suffered head trauma and succumbed to his injuries.[6][7][8][9] He was buried on 8 August 2020.[10]

References
  1. Facebook post by his son. Retrieved 13 August 2020
  2. "نزار نجاريان "الذي يحبه الجميع" أميناً عاماً لحزب الكتائب" (in Arabic). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. Montreal businessman among victims of Beirut explosion Adam Kovac. CTV, 4 August 2020
  4. Ménargues, Alain (2004). أسرار حرب لبنان من انقلاب بشير الجميل إلى حرب المخيمات الفلسطينية [Secrets of the Lebanon War]. International Library (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon. p. 417. ISBN 9782123469605.
  5. "Former Montrealer killed in deadly explosion in Beirut". CBC News. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. Liz Sly. "Scores dead and more than 3,000 injured as explosions rock Beirut, Health Ministry says". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  7. "Lebanese Kataeb Party's Secretary-General Nazar Najarian killed in Beirut blast". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  8. Ben Hubbard; Maria Abi-Habib (4 August 2020). "Deadly Explosions Shatter Beirut, Lebanon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  9. "Secretary-general of Lebanese Kataeb Party Najarian dies in Beirut blast". news.am. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  10. "تشييع نزار نجاريان واستقالة نواب الكتائب من المجلس (صور)" (in Arabic). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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