Saad Hariri

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Saad Al Hariri
سعد الحريري
33rd Prime Minister of Lebanon
In office
18 December 2016 – 21 January 2020
PresidentMichel Aoun
DeputyGhassan Hasbani
Preceded byTammam Salam
Succeeded byHassan Diab
In office
9 November 2009 – 13 June 2011
PresidentMichel Suleiman
DeputyElias Murr
Preceded byFouad Siniora
Succeeded byNajib Mikati
Leader of the Future Movement Party
Assumed office
20 April 2005
Preceded byRafic Hariri
Personal details
Born (1970-04-18) 18 April 1970 (age 54)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
CitizenshipLebanese[1][2][3]
Saudi[1][2][3]
French[4]
Political partyFuture Movement
Other political
affiliations
March 14 Alliance
Spouse(s)Lara Al Azem (m. 1998)
Children
  • Houssam
  • Loulwa
  • Abdulaziz
ResidenceRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Alma materGeorgetown University
WebsiteOfficial website
Official Facebook
Official Twitter

Saad El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri[5] (Arabic: سعد الدين رفيق الحريري; born 18 April 1970) is a Lebanese politician. He was the 33rd Prime Minister of Lebanon from December 2016 to January 2020.[6] He was also the Prime Minister from November 2009 to June 2011.

On 29 October 2019, amid the 2019 Lebanese protests, Hariri announced his resignation, and that of his cabinet.[7]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rola el Husseini (15 October 2012). Pax Syriana: Elite Politics in Postwar Lebanon. Syracuse University Press. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-8156-3304-4. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hubbard, Ben; Saad, Hwaida (22 November 2017). "Saad Hariri Steps Back From Resignation in Lebanon". Retrieved 1 March 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Chandrika Narayan. "Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigns". cnn.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. Fisk, Robert. "Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri accepts exile in France as Saudi Arabia no longer feels like a home away from home". The Independent. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  5. "سعد الدين الحريري… رئيس شركة سعودي اوجيه المحدودة". Armsal.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. "Hariri Back in Lebanon for First Time in 3 Years His nephew's name is Sultan Al Shaikh". Lebanon News.Net. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  7. Yee, Vivian (29 October 2019). "Lebanon's Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, to Step Down". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

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