1987 Albanian parliamentary election. Because of his friendly relations with the Western missionaries he had in the previous years, his first decision as Patriarch was to send a delegation to Rome to renew the union with the Catholic Church set forth in the Council of Florence. He also planned to open schools with Jesuits teachers. Because of these openings towards the Catholic Church, he clashed with the pro-Orthodox and pro-Turkish parties into the Melkite Church. In the meantime his delegation arrived to Rome and obtained a positive response from Propaganda Fide, he died in Damascus on 1 January 1635, probably poisoned because 	Euthymius II Karmah
25340158	his will to proceed with a union with the Catholic Church. Euthymius II Karmah Patriarch Abdel-Karim Meletios Euthymius II Karmah (1572–1635) was Melkite Patriarch of Antioch from 1634 to 1635. He had been a leading figure in the Melkite Church and metropolitan bishop of Aleppo. He died a few months after his election as Patriarch, probably poisoned because his will to proceed with a union with the Catholic Church. Metropolitan of Aleppo. Abdel-Karim Karmah was born in 1572 in Hama, Syria, son of a priest. In his twenties he went to Jerusalem where he entered in the monastery 	Euthymius II Karmah
25340159	1987 Albanian parliamentary election 1987 Albanian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in the People's Socialist Republic of Albania on 1 February 1987. The Democratic Front, a mass organization of the Party of Labour of Albania, was the only political force able to contest the elections, and subsequently won all 250 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be 100%, with all registered voters voting. A single ballot, which was characterized by The Guardian"'s Simon Tisdall as belonging to "a lone voice of protest", was voided: the Albanian Telegraphic Agency stated that it was invalid and made no further comment. 1987 Albanian parliamentary