Kamal Joumblatt

Kamal Jumblatt (كمال جنبلاط), born December 6, 1917 and died March 16, 1977, is a Lebanese politician, founder of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), Lebanese Druze leader. He is the father of Walid Jumblatt.

Kamal Jumblatt was born in 1917 in Moukhtara in Lebanon. The Jumblatt family enjoys significant prestige in the Druze community. His father, Fouad Joumblatt, was assassinated on August 6, 1921. After his father's death, his mother, Nazira, took over. She will play an important political role in the country.

In 1926, Kamal Jumblatt entered a Christian school where he completed his elementary studies in 1928. In high school, he studied French, Arabic, science and literature. He graduated from this high school in 1936. He obtained a diploma in philosophy a year later, in 1937. He then left for Paris where he joined the faculty of arts at the Sorbonne. He also studies psychology, civics and sociology.