Boutros Khawand (Arabic: بطرس خوند, born 1940 in Kattin)[citation needed] was a member of the political bureau of the Lebanese Kataeb party and one of the cofounders of its military council in 1975.
[1] Boutros Khawand began his political career in the Kataeb party in 1956.
In 1982, Khawand was elected to the presidency of the Military Council and the political bureau of the Kataeb party (the largest Christian party in the Middle East), He held the latter position until his kidnapping on September 15, 1992.
It is known at the time that the Syrian military ruled Lebanon with a strong presence in the area where Khawand was abducted.
[3] On 18 September 2021, Abbas Ibrahim promised to uncover the fate of Boutros Khawand.