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[[Image:2007 10 04 lebanon 600.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Saad Hariri with Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State, 4 October 2007]] |
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|order=[[Prime Minister]]-[[Designate]] [[of]] [[Lebanon]] |
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|predecessor =[[Fouad Siniora]] |
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|party=[[Current for the Future|Tayaar Al-Mustaqbal]] |
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Revision as of 13:21, 27 June 2009
Saad Hariri | |
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| Preceded by | Fouad Siniora |
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| Born | April 18, 1970 |
| Political party | Tayaar Al-Mustaqbal |
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Saad ed Deen Rafiq al-Hariri (Arabic: سعد الدين رفيق الحريري), (born April 18,1970 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)[1][2] is a Lebanese-Saudi businessman and politician, and the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon. He is the Prime Minister Designate of Lebanon. After his father's death, he inherited the helm of the Future Movement, an essentially Sunni movement that was created and led by his father.
Early years and personal life
Saad Hariri is the son of Rafiq Hariri and his first Iraqi wife Nidal al-Bustani. He was born and raised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and managed part of his father's business there until his father's assassination. When his father was assassinated in February 2005, he inherited some USD 4.1 billion in 2005 earning him and each of his siblings[3] a place on the 2006 Forbes list of richest people in the world (released in March 2006).
He was the Chairman of the executive committee of Oger Telecom, which pursues telecommunication interest in Middle East and Africa. In addition, Hariri was the Chairman of Omnia Holdings, and Board Member of Oger International Entreprise de Travaux Internationaux.
Entry into politics
After his father, Rafiq Hariri, was killed on February 14 2005 by a car bomb in central Beirut, Saad Hariri returned to Lebanon and took up his father's political path engaged in politics.
References
- ^ His Excellency Deputy Saadeddine Rafiq Hariri Arab Decision.
- ^ The World's Billionaires, 2008 Forbes.com
- ^ "Hind Hariri is world's youngest billionaire". The Daily Star (Lebanon). March 11, 2006.