Businessman Iskandar Safa, owner of the magazine “Valeurs Currents”, died at the age of 68

Franco-Lebanese businessman Iskandar Safa, owner of the far-right weekly Current valuesdied at the age of 68, announced Monday January 29 the director of the newspaper. “A warrior to the end, he faced a serious illness in recent months but it got the better of his courage. He died, standing, on January 29, 2024, in Mougins, surrounded by the warmth of his family”specifies the weekly in a press release published on its website.

Born in 1955 into a Christian family, the shipyard magnate was one of the negotiators for the 1988 release of French hostages in Lebanon. He became known to the general public in 1992 by purchasing the Normandy mechanical construction sites (CNM). In 2019, he was a candidate for the takeover of the Nice-Matin group. His fortune and that of his brother Akram amounted to 1.45 billion euros, according to the magazine Challenges.