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Tracy Chamoun | |
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 Chamoun in 2018 | |
| Ambassador of Lebanon to Jordan | |
| In office 19 June 2017 – 7 August 2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Youssef Rajji |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-10-22)22 October 1960 (age 65) |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
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| Relatives | Camille Chamoun (grandfather) Dory Chamoun (uncle) Camille Dory Chamoun (cousin) |
| Occupation | Diplomat, writer, politician |
Tracy Chamoun (Arabic:ترايسي شمعون; born 22 October 1960)[1] is aLebanese author, diplomat and political activist of Lebanese andAustralian descent. She was the Lebanese ambassador toJordan from 19 June 2017[2] until 7 August 2020.[3]
Tracy Chamoun was born on 22 October 1960 to the Chamoun political family. She is one of two surviving children ofDany Chamoun, the assassinated former leader of theNational Liberal Party and son of former PresidentCamille Chamoun; her mother is the late Patti Morgan Chamoun, an Australian fashion model and actress. In October 1990, a militia attacked her father's home and killed him, his second wife and two of their three young children.[4] The Lebanese courts convictedSamir Geagea of the assassination.[5]
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Through the Dany Chamoun Foundation, Tracy Chamoun has sought to perpetuate the legacy of her father, who, on 21 October 1990, was assassinated together with his second wife and two children. Many received amnesty. Eleven associates are also sentenced.[6] Her autobiography,Au Nom du Pere, centered on her relationship with her father and his life and work. In it, she recounts the harrowing experience in which she and her mother were kidnapped in 1980 during asurprise attack on theNational Liberal Party headquarters byPhalangist militiamen under the command ofBachir Gemayel, her father's former ally.[citation needed]
Chamoun was an outspoken critic of theSyrian occupation of Lebanon. She has described her country's independence as a "myth". Before theIndependence Day celebrations in 1990 she asked rhetorically:
To what extent does the establishment believe that the population is so blind that it cannot see that the nation is far from independent? Like the myth of the emperor with no clothes, it is a charade that only the sycophants see and celebrate.[citation needed]
Chamoun is known for her moderate political views. She became the first woman to found a political party in theArab world, called the "Liberal Democrats Party of Lebanon" (also translated as the Party of Liberal Democrats of Lebanon).[7] She favors the building of a modern democracy, and has spoken out against what she sees as the feudal political system in which clan loyalties often play a more significant role than ideology in politics.
Chamoun has vowed to continue to remind people of the truth behind the assassination of her slain father which she writes about in her books Le Sang De la Paix published by Lattes in France and (ثمن السلم) published by Antoine in Lebanon.[citation needed]
She served as ambassador to Jordan from 19 June 2017[2] to 7 August 2020.when she resigned after the2020 Beirut explosion, saying the catastrophe showed the need for a change in leadership.[3]
On 29 August 2022, she announced her candidacy for president in the2022 presidential election.[8]
