Charles Debbas (Arabic: شارل دباس, romanized: Shārl Dabbās; 16 April 1884[a] – 22 August 1935[2]) was a Greek Orthodox Lebanese political figure.

'), published 3 June 1909, was deemed subversive by the wali of Beirut, Edhem Bey [tr], who warned him of further consequences should he continue to defend the ideas contained in it.

[1] On 20 October 1920, Debbas was appointed Director of Judicial Services of Greater Lebanon by Robert de Caix [fr], the Secretary General of the High Commissioner.

[9][c] Quoting Dib, "to provide balance with the Maronite leadership, between 1926 and 1930, Debbas allowed Bechara al-Khouri and his nemesis Emile Éddé to take turns to act as prime ministers.

[9] On 9 May 1932, High Commissioner Henri Ponsot suspended Lebanon's constitution and extended Debbas' second term by one year in reaction to the budget crisis and the possibility that a Muslim, Muhammad al-Jisr, might win the presidential election.

[21] A funeral wake was held and Patriarch Alexander III of Antioch gave Debbas absolution the following day in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George.

Debbas was a member of Freemasonry, initiated in 1907 at the Masonic Lodge Le Liban located in Beirut under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient de France.