Fares al-Khoury
 Faris al-Khoury (Arabic: فارس الخوري‎) (1877–1962) was a Syrian Christian statesman minister Prime Minister speaker of Parliament and Godfather of modern Syrian politics; born in Hasbaya in today's modern Lebanon. Faris Khoury went on to become Prime minister of Syria from 14 October 1944 to 1 October 1945 and from October 1954 to 13 February 1955. Khoury's ascension to the upper echelons of Syrian politics is remarkable in light of the fact that he was Christian.