Philippe Hanna El Khazen (Arabic: فيليب حنا الخازن; June 12, 1921 - March 6, 1996) was a Lebanese associate professor of medicine and politician from the village of Ghosta in the district of Keserwen.
[1] Recipient of the Legion of Honor as officer awarded by President Giscard D'Estaing and was also named Knight of the Order of the Cedar.
[2] El Khazen was born on June 12, 1921, in the town of Ghosta into a Lebanese Christian family, of seigneurial origin under the title of Grand Sheikh.
He joined the International Association of Parliamentarians of La Francophonie in 1970, and took part in meetings alongside former President Charles Hélou.
Daughter of an emigrant businessman and former member of parliament, she pioneered in landscape architecture in Lebanon towards the end of the 1960s, including projects carried out internationally, particularly in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East[7] and chaired the Lebanese Red Cross in 1969 and initiated the rehabilitation in the city of Jounieh.