In 1945 , he was appointed as member of the Lebanese delegation to the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco , USA , in the capacity of legal advisor . His role was recognized in a 2013 exhibition at the American University of Beirut . Mahmassani contributed to the modernization of Lebanese legislation and the creation of state institutions through his participation in the higher committee appointed for that purpose by President Fuad Chehab upon his election as President of the Republic in 1958 . In the 1964 Lebanese general election , Mahmassani was elected to a four-year term as member of the Lebanese Parliament representing the capital city Beirut . He did not seek re-election
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Sobhi Mahmassani