Kazem El-Solh served as Lebanese Ambassador in Baghdad from 1947 to 1960, leaving Iraq a year after the coup ousting the Hashemite monarchy in the country.[1] In 1960-1964, he was a member of the Lebanese Parliament, representing the eastern region of Zahle. He was also the head of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee. Prior to that, Kazem El-Solh was a staunch activist for Arab nationalism and the region's independence from foreign powers.