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29 August 1943
1943 parliamentary elections
21 September 1943
Bechara El Khoury elected the first president of independent Lebanon
On 21 September 1943 the parliament that emerged from the summer 1943 elections elected Bechara el-Khoury president of…
25 September 1943
First post-independence government
On 25 September 1943 Riad al-Solh formed the first government after the election of Bechara el-Khoury, and in its…
11 November 1943
Arrest of the independence leaders at Rashaya
At dawn on 11 November 1943, after parliament had amended the constitution and deleted the Mandate articles, the French…
22 November 1943
The lira at independence: tied to the French franc
22 November 1943
22 November 1943: Independence Day, the leaders released
On 22 November 1943 France released the detainees under British and popular pressure, and Khoury and Solh returned to…