1964 First Women

Women in the fourth parliamentary elections (pre-Civil War)

154_Women in the fourth parliamentary elections (pre-war) – Ibriza al-Meoushi and Munira al-Solh_Annahar

During the fourth parliamentary elections held from 5 April to 3 May 1964 1, two women ran for the elections. The first was Ibriza al-Meoushi, who ran for a seat in the Shouf district, but later withdrew her candidacy. The second was Munira al-Solh who ran again for the Sunni seat in Beirut and lost with 999 out of 29,584 votes 2.