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Mr. Hariri has extensive experience in telecommunications and information technology. He was the Chairman of the executive committee of Oger Telecom, which pursues telecommunication interest in Middle East and Africa. |
Mr. Hariri has extensive experience in telecommunications and information technology. He was the Chairman of the executive committee of Oger Telecom, which pursues telecommunication interest in Middle East and Africa. |
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After his father's assassination and the [[Cedar Revolution]], Saad Hariri returned to [[Lebanon]] and took up his father's political mantle. He ran for the Lebanese parliament on an anti-Syrian platform as part of the 14 March coalition. He favors negotiations to disarm [[Hezbullah]], withdrawal of [[Israel]]'s military forces from [[Shebaa Farms]], and has become resistant to [[Syria]]'s longstanding influence in Lebanon. He supports the Mideast peace process and described the Arab initiative launched in [[2002]] by Saudi [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah]] as "very serious." |
After his father's assassination and the [[Cedar Revolution]], Saad Hariri returned to [[Lebanon]] and took up his father's political mantle. He ran for the Lebanese parliament on an anti-Syrian platform as part of the 14 March coalition. He favors negotiations to disarm [[Hezbullah]], withdrawal of [[Israel]]'s military forces from [[Shebaa Farms]], and has become resistant to [[Syria]]'s longstanding influence in Lebanon. He supports the Mideast peace process and described the Arab initiative launched in [[2002]] by Saudi [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah]] as "very serious." On October 30th, 2007, Hariri accused [[Syria]] of attempting to assassanaite him, as well as Lebanese prime minister [[Fouad Siniora]]. [http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/10/hariri_reveals.php] |
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In addition to heading Saudi Oger, Mr. Hariri was also the Chairman of Omnia Holdings, and Board Member of Oger International Entreprise de Travaux Internationaux, Saudi Investment Bank, Saudi Research and Marketing Group and Future Television.There was recurring speculation that Hariri would become prime minister if, as expected, his party won a majority of Lebanese parliamentary seats. However, he has called for the resignation or removal of Lebanese president [[Emile Lahoud]], considering him too beholden to Syria, and has implied that he would be unwilling to serve as prime minister if Lahoud remained in office. |
In addition to heading Saudi Oger, Mr. Hariri was also the Chairman of Omnia Holdings, and Board Member of Oger International Entreprise de Travaux Internationaux, Saudi Investment Bank, Saudi Research and Marketing Group and Future Television.There was recurring speculation that Hariri would become prime minister if, as expected, his party won a majority of Lebanese parliamentary seats. However, he has called for the resignation or removal of Lebanese president [[Emile Lahoud]], considering him too beholden to Syria, and has implied that he would be unwilling to serve as prime minister if Lahoud remained in office. |
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On October 30th, 2007, Hariri accused [[Syria]] of attempting to assassanaite him, as well as Lebanese prime minister [[Fouad Siniora]]. [http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/10/hariri_reveals.php] |
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Saad ed Deen Rafiq al Hariri (Arabic: سعد الدين رفيق الحريري), (born April 18th 1970 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)[citation needed] is the second son of Rafik Hariri, the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon. Saad Hariri studied business administration at Georgetown University, and got a Bachelor Degree in International Business (1992). At the time of his father's death, he was running Saudi Oger, a USD $3.15 billion (sales) construction conglomerate purchased from a French company and run by his father, and living in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Hariri has extensive experience in telecommunications and information technology. He was the Chairman of the executive committee of Oger Telecom, which pursues telecommunication interest in Middle East and Africa.
After his father's assassination and the Cedar Revolution, Saad Hariri returned to Lebanon and took up his father's political mantle. He ran for the Lebanese parliament on an anti-Syrian platform as part of the 14 March coalition. He favors negotiations to disarm Hezbullah, withdrawal of Israel's military forces from Shebaa Farms, and has become resistant to Syria's longstanding influence in Lebanon. He supports the Mideast peace process and described the Arab initiative launched in 2002 by Saudi King Abdullah as "very serious." On October 30th, 2007, Hariri accused Syria of attempting to assassanaite him, as well as Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora. [1]
In addition to heading Saudi Oger, Mr. Hariri was also the Chairman of Omnia Holdings, and Board Member of Oger International Entreprise de Travaux Internationaux, Saudi Investment Bank, Saudi Research and Marketing Group and Future Television.There was recurring speculation that Hariri would become prime minister if, as expected, his party won a majority of Lebanese parliamentary seats. However, he has called for the resignation or removal of Lebanese president Emile Lahoud, considering him too beholden to Syria, and has implied that he would be unwilling to serve as prime minister if Lahoud remained in office.
He inherited some USD 4.1 billion in 2005 earning him and each of his siblings[1] a place on the 2006 Forbes list of richest people in the world (released in March 2006).
Hariri is married to Lara al-Azem; they have three children.
He is the holder of both Saudi and Lebanese nationalities
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References
- ^ "Hind Hariri is world's youngest billionaire". The Daily Star (Lebanon). March 11, 2006.