Ahmed Daouk
| Ahmad Daouk أحمد الداعوق |
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| 12th Prime Minister of Lebanon | |
| Prime Minister | |
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In office May 15, 1960 – July 3, 1960 |
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| Nominated by | Fuad Chehab |
| Appointed by | President of Lebanon |
| President | Fuad Chehab |
| Preceded by | Rashid Karami |
| Succeeded by | Saeb Salam |
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In office December 1, 1941 – July 26, 1942 |
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| Nominated by | Alfred Georges Naccache |
| Appointed by | President of the French Mandate of Lebanon |
| President | Alfred Georges Naccache |
| Preceded by | Alfred Georges Naccache |
| Succeeded by | Sami Solh |
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| Born | 1892 Ras Beirut, Beirut, Beirut Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1979 (87 years old) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Political party | Independent |
| Residence | Grand Serail, Beirut |
| Alma mater | l'Ecole Nationale d'Aix-en-Provence |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Ahmad Bey Daouk (in Arabic أحمد بيك الداعوق) was a Lebanese politician who on two occasions became Prime Minister of Lebanon. He was born in 1892 to the Daouk Family. He was the younger brother of Omar Bey Daouk, the Head of Beirut Vilayet that time (pre-Greater Lebanon) before the French Mandate of Lebanon. Daouk was known for being one of few men to ever serve as prime minister of Lebanon in the French Mandate of Lebanon and the First Republic of Lebanon (1943-1991). Sami Solh also served within these two periods.
Daouk was born in Ras Beirut in 1892 to a large and notable family of beneficent activity to the industrial, commercial and philanthropic sectors of the pre-independent Lebanon. After completing his secondary studies in a French school in Beirut in 1910, Daouk went to France to continue his studies where he obtained a diploma in engineering from the National School of Arts and Crafts of Aix-en-Provence in 1914.
Daouk's notable career began in 1915 where he worked as an engineer at the Société Générale des Sucreries within the refinery industry of Egypt. In 1919 he was assigned personally by His Majesty King Hussein I of Hejaz, as his technical adviser and he was put in charge of the mining industry in Hejaz. Upon returning from Hejaz to Lebanon, Daouk was appointed by His Excellency Charles Debbas as both the Mayor of Beirut and Aley.
This was of course just 8 years after Omar Bey Daouk was the Mayor of Beirut and the head of Beirut Vilayet in 1918 before the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Daouk was Mayor until 1941 until he was appointed as Prime Minister of Lebanon. In 1927 Daouk became an influential philanthropist in Beirut. Throughout this period Daouk was influential along other political figures in visioning Lebanon's independence carving the path towards it.
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