قضى عاما في باريس بعيدا عن السياسة، حتى أواخر صيف 1977 خلال زيارته إلى لبنان حيث انضم رسميا للحزب القومي السوري الاجتماعي وأصبح عضوا فاعلا منذ ذلك الوقت.
He had spent his first year in Paris away from politics, until the late summer of 1977 during which he officially joined the SSNP upon his first visit to Lebanon and became an active member ever since.