Maarouf Saad
Maarouf Saad معروف سعد | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament (representing Sidon) | |
| In office 1957–1975 | |
| Succeeded by | Nazih al-Bizri |
| Secretary-General of Popular Nasserite Organization | |
| In office 1973–1975 | |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Mustafa Saad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1910 or 1914 Sidon, Ottoman Lebanon |
| Died | 6 March 1975 Sidon, Lebanon |
| Political party | Popular Nasserite Organization |
Maarouf Saad (Arabic: معروف سعد; 1910 or 1914–6 March 1975) was a Lebanese politician and activist. He served as Sidon's representative in the Parliament of Lebanon between 1957 and 1972. He founded the Popular Nasserite Organization in 1973. Saad was known to have a charismatic and populist relationship with the residents of Sidon and the adjacent Palestinian refugee camps, according to historian Samir Khalaf. Nonetheless, tensions developed between Saad and the Palestine Liberation Organization in the 1970s as they competed for influence in Sidon. Saad's assassination sparked the Lebanese Civil War, and he is considered by many historians the conflict's first casualty.