Salim Jamil Ayyash, the assassin of Hariri was reportedly killed by an IDF strike near al-Qusayr in the Homs region
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Rafiq Hariri
Rafic Bahaa El Deen al-Hariri was a Lebanese businessman and politician who served as prime minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004.
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business · Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992–1998; 2000–2004) · politician · entrepreneur · also Rafiq Hariri, Rafic Hariri, Al-Hriri, Rafic Bahaa El Deen Al Hariri, Rafik al-Hariri, Rafic Baha ad-Deen al-Hariri
Born 1 November 1944 · Died 14 February 2005 · Q192778
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But stated that it could find no evidence that the bombing had been directed by the group's senior leadership
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2014· 1 entry
The United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission indicated that the Syrian government may be linked to the assassination
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Global Citizen Awards (2011).
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2009· 1 entry
The German news magazine Der Spiegel reported that some of the evidence supporting the indictment of Hezbollah involved a number of cellphones purchased in Tripoli shortly before the assassination, and were used by membe
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2006· 1 entry
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri
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2005· 3 entries
To commemorate the one-month anniversary of his assassination, between 1
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Into a powerful display of public anger against Syria, blamed by opposition leaders for the bomb that killed him, with some witnesses estimating that hundreds of thousands of mourners flooded the nearby streets in one of
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Died 2005-02-14.
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2001· 1 entry
Hariri was asked by Tim Sebastian why he refused to hand over members of Hezbollah that were accused by America of being terrorists
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2000· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Lebanon (2000–2004).
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During his second premiership, his biggest achievement was the Israeli withdrawal from Southern Lebanon, ending an 18-year old occupation, while his government solidified relations with Ba'athist Syria
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1996).
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It was estimated that 30% of Lebanon's population were living below the poverty line and that there were 500,000 Syrian laborers working illegally in the country
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1994· 1 entry
"army troops used force to disperse demonstrations, with disastrous results: seven men and one woman were killed and about forty other peaceful demonstrators injured
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1992· 5 entries
Hariri became the first post-civil war prime minister of Lebanon under president Elias Hrawi
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992–1998).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1992–1998).
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Career landmark: Member of the Parliament of Lebanon (1992–2005).
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Inflation was running at 131% but such was the confidence in Hariri's leadership that within two years it had been reduced to 12%
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (1988).
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1982· 1 entry
Hariri donated $12 million to Lebanese victims of the 1978 South Lebanon conflict and helped clean up Beirut's streets with his company's money and contributed to early reconstruction efforts during lulls in the Lebanon
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1978· 1 entry
Gained Saudi Arabian citizenship, in addition to his Lebanese citizenship
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1976· 2 entries
And she is the mother of three of Hariri's children: Ayman, Fahd and Hind
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He married his second spouse, Nazik Audi, in 1976 and she is the mother of three of Hariri's children: Ayman, Fahd and Hind.
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1969· 1 entry
Hariri established Ciconest, a small subcontracting firm, which soon went out of business
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1965· 2 entries
Hariri went to Saudi Arabia to work
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Married an Iraqi woman, Nidal Bustani, who is the mother of his three sons; Bahaa (born 1967), who is a businessman, Saad (born 1970), who succeeded his father as leader of the future movement, and Houssam—who died in
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1944· 1 entry
Born 1944-11-01.
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