Taymur Jumblatt, 35, on Sunday (March 19th) took over from his father Walid as leader of Lebanon's small but influential Druze community, AFP reported.
Walid Jumblatt, 67, passed on the torch to his son during a ceremony in the Druze heartland village of Mukhtara in the Chouf mountains, south-east of Beirut.
The senior Jumblatt in 2005 led a wave of mass protests that resulted in the pullout of Syrian troops from Lebanon after 29 years in the country.
Taymur Jumblatt takes up the mantle as head of a community that makes up around 5% of Lebanon's population but has wielded political clout under his father.
