of interior minister. He was defense minister from December 1990 to October 1992. On 20 March 1991, he survived an assassination attempt, when a car bomb detonated near his motorcade in Antelias, killing eight people and wounding 35 others. Then he also served as deputy prime minister. When he was in office, he openly cooperated with the Syrian authorities. Murr was appointed interior minister in the 1996 Rafic Hariri cabinet and kept the post in the 1998 Salim Hoss government. Murr continued to serve in this post until 2000 when his son Elias Murr replaced him. Before the general elections of 2000, the Metn district was designed by Syrian and Lebanese authorities to facilitate Murr's election victory. In October 2004, he was elected as deputy speaker of parliament. In the 2005 elections, he was a member of the Change and Reform bloc led by Michel Aoun, but he later left the bloc to become an independent member. He was the leader of the Metn Bloc that is an independent political party. He last won a seat in the parliament in the 2018 Lebanese general election. Personal life He was married to Sylvie Abu Jaoude, and had three children: Elias, Mirna and Lena. His son, Elias, married Karine Lahoud, the daughter of then-army commander Emile Lahoud in 1992, but they later divorced. Michel Murr is the grandfather of Lebanese politician Nayla Tueni and ex-father-in-law of Gebran Tueni. Death On 31 January 2021, the National News Agency (NNA) announced that Murr had died due to complications from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Afterwards, his memorial service was held at the Saint Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Rabieh, and he was later buried in his hometown, Bteghrine. See also January 1986 Lebanese Forces coup References External links Personal website 1932 births 2021 deaths Deputy prime ministers of Lebanon Defense ministers of Lebanon Interior ministers of Lebanon Saint Joseph University alumni Greek Orthodox Christians from Lebanon People from Matn District Members of the Parliament of Lebanon Government ministers of Lebanon Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon