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Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1944; assassinated)

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Rafic Hariri

Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992–1998; 2000–2004)

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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Prime Minister of Lebanon

Head of government of Lebanon

The prime minister of Lebanon, officially the president of the Council of Ministers, is the head of government and the head of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon. The prime minister is appointed by the president of Lebanon, with the consent of the plurality of the members of…
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Assassination of Rafic Hariri

2005 political assassination in Lebanon

On 14 February 2005, former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafic Hariri was assassinated along with 21 others in an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Explosives equivalent to around 1,000 kilograms of TNT were detonated as his motorcade drove near the St. George Hotel. Among the dead…
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February 14

Day of the year

February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 320 days remain until the end of the year.
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