{{Short description|Lebanese politician (1948–2018)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ali Khalil Qanso | image = Ali Qanso.png | office = President of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party | term_start = 5 August 2016 | term_end = 4 July 2018 | term_start1 = 5 August 2005 | term_end1 = 2008 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = Assaad Hardan | vice_president = | predecessor = Assaad Hardan | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date text|1948}} | birth_place = Doueir, Lebanon | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|7|4|1948}} | death_place = Beirut, Lebanon | party = Syrian Social Nationalist Party | order2 = Minister of State for parliamentary affairs | term_start2 = 18 December 2016 | term_end2 = 4 July 2018 | prime_minister2 = Saad Hariri | predecessor2 = Muhammad Fneish }}
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'''Ali Khalil Qanso''' ({{langx|ar|علي قانصوه}}; 1948 – 4 July 2018) was a Lebanese politician who served as a minister for parliamentary affairs in the second cabinet of Saad Hariri. He was the president of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party and he served as minister of state in Najib Mikati government and previously minister of labor in the cabinet of Rafik Hariri.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2018/Jul-04/455315-minister-ali-qanso-dies-after-battling-cancer.ashx|title=Minister Ali Qanso dies after battling cancer|date=4 July 2018|website=Dailystar.com.lb|accessdate=9 July 2018}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Qanso was born into a Shiite family in 1948 in Doueir, Lebanon.<ref name=agateway>{{cite web|url=http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/lebanon/biogIZ.htm#QANSOAK|title=Lebanon's Who's Who|date=12 October 2002|work=Arab Gateway|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018235819/http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/lebanon/biogIZ.htm#QANSOAK|archivedate=2012-10-18|access-date=2009-01-14}}</ref> He received bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees in Arabic literature from Lebanese University.<ref name=agateway/>
==Political career== Qanso was Minister for Labour of Lebanon in the government of Rafiq Hariri from 2000 to 2003. He was for the 3rd time head of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party from 5 August 2005 to July 2008. He again entered into government in July 2008 as Minister of State<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-l/lebanon.html|title=Lebanon|date=7 December 2011|work=Central Intelligence Agency|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016170430/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-l/lebanon.html|archivedate=16 October 2012}}</ref> under Fouad Siniora with the backing of Hezbollah as part of the March 8 Alliance.
On 5 August 2016, he was elected again as the head of SSNP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/276205/report-ali-qanso-elected-as-new-head-of-syrian-soc/en|title=REPORT: Ali Qanso elected as new head of Syrian Social Nationalist Party|publisher=LBC News|date=5 August 2016}}</ref> [[File:Flag of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.svg|thumb|Flag of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party]]
==See also== *the region of Syria *Syrian presence in Lebanon *Politics of Lebanon
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://archive.today/20130130100105/http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=50355&usg=__Nt3AJW5N-doJ4xrZ46G-RSJ5o1Q= "Stumbling block – Who is Ali Kanso, the cabinet nominee causing a stir?"], ''Now Lebanon'', 8 July 2008.
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{{s-start}} {{succession box | before = Michel Moussa<br />1998–2000 | title = Lebanon<br />Ali Qanso, Minister of Labor, Lebanon| years = 2000–2003 | after = Assaad Hardan<br />2003–2004 }} {{end}}
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