18 September 1952
●Resignation of Bechara el-Khoury
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On 18 September 1952 President Bechara el-Khoury resigned under the pressure of a general strike led by the "Socialist National Front" (Kamal Jumblatt and Camille Chamoun) in protest at the renewal of his term and at corruption.