Charles Rizk
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Charles Rizk (Arabic: شارل رزق), born in Beirut in 1935, is a Lebanese Maronite politician. A student at the prestigious Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, Rizk began his political career as an aide to President Fuad Chehab. Rizk was Lebanon's representative at the Francophonie and head of the national information agency.
In July 2005, new Prime Minister Fouad Siniora controversially appointed Rizk as Justice minister, a post claimed by Michel Aoun and also by Saad Hariri.[1] The appointment of Rizk, a man close to Lahoud, was opposed as it was felt that the investigation into the murder of Rafik Hariri would be unlikely to be pursued vigorously by a pro-Lahoud minister.
Rizk silenced critics by giving the investigation his support, and supporting the establishment of the international investigation led by Serge Brammertz.
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- ^ "Anti-Syrians dominate in cabinet lineup". The New York Times. July 20, 2005. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/19/world/africa/19iht-beirut.html?_r=1&scp=7&sq=%22Charles%20Rizk%22&st=cse. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
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