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Alexandra Issa-el-Khoury<br />
1973-1977<br />
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Mrs. Alexandra Issa-el-Khoury served as the Vice-Chairwoman of the Standing Commission<br />
from November 1973 until October 1977. Previously, she had been a Member of the Central<br />
Committee of the Lebanese Red Cross since 1951 until she succeeded her mother as<br />
President of her National Society. During her tenure as President, her National Society was<br />
able to regain and maintain a truly unique position of impartiality and humanitarian spirit,<br />
which was respected by all parties to the tragic conflict in Lebanon. Mrs. Issa-el-Khoury has<br />
been an active member of the Movement on an international level too, having attended<br />
many international conferences and meetings. She received the Henry Dunant medal in<br />
1981 and a road in Beirut, Lebanon has been named after her. She had a degree in<br />
Philosophy and was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1926 and died in 1997. 7172<br />
70 http://www.rdl.com.lb/1997/1926/khoury.htm<br />
71 Standing Commission<br />
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