Shafik Wazzan

Shafik Wazzan شفيق الوزان
Shafik Wazzan in 1983
Prime Minister of Lebanon
In office 25 October 1980 – 30 April 1984
President	Élias Sarkis Bachir Gemayel Amine Gemayel
Preceded by	Takieddin el-Solh
Succeeded by	Rashid Karami
Personal details
Born	(1925-01-16)16 January 1925 Beirut, Lebanon
Died	8 July 1999(1999-07-08) (aged 74) Beirut, Lebanon
Political party	Independent
Children	2

Shafik Al-Wazzan (Arabic: شفيق الوزان, January 16, 1925 – July 8, 1999) was a Lebanese politician who served as the 27th Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1980 until 1984. In December 1991, Wazzan was wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Beirut neighborhood of Basta Al Fouka (where he lived) as he was passing through in an armored car.

Biography

After political strife had left Lebanon without a government for 137 days, Wazzan was urged into office. He oversaw the withdrawal of Palestinian guerillas from Beirut in 1982. The next year he successfully negotiated for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon.

Wazzan had a son (Dr. Wassim Al Wazzan) and a daughter. He died in 1999 at the age of 74.