El-Khoury faced significant opposition from traditional Za’im leaders on whose powers his policies were beginning to impinge. In 1951 an alliance was formed between Camille Chamoun, Pierre Gemayel, Raymond Eddé, Kamal Jumblatt, Phalange and Syrian National Party under the unlikely name of the ”Socialist Front”. On 18 September 1952, amidst widespread demonstrations, the Front succeeded in forcing El Khoury’s resignation. Personal life El Khoury married Laura Shiha in 1922. She was the sister of banker and intellectual Michel Shiha who helped El Khoury financially and introduced him the ideas about the confessional power-sharing and free market economy. His son Michel El Khoury served as the governor of the Lebanese central bank between 1978 and 1984 and between 1991 and 1993. Legacy El Khoury is widely considered a national hero in Lebanon for his role in its independence, and to be one of the most significant figures in the modern politics of the country. However, he has been criticised for several points in his presidency, most notably corruption, nepotism, and electoral fraud. See also List of presidents of Lebanon Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon) Émile Eddé References External links 1890 births 1964 deaths People from Aley District Lebanese Maronites Presidents of Lebanon Prime Ministers of Lebanon Government ministers of Lebanon World War II political leaders Knights of the National Order of the Cedar Maronites from the Ottoman Empire Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint-Charles Lebanese independence activists 19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century people from the Ottoman Empire Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) 20th-century Lebanese politicians