Saad Hariri سعد الدين الحريري
Prime Minister of Lebanon
In office 9 November 2009 – 13 June 2011
President	Michel Suleiman
Deputy	Elias Murr
Preceded by	Fouad Siniora
Succeeded by	Najib Mikati
Leader of Movement of the Future
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 February 2005
Preceded by	Rafic Hariri
Personal details
Born	(1970-04-18) 18 April 1970 (age 42) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nationality	Lebanese, Saudi Arabian
Political party	Movement of the Future March 14 Alliance
Spouse(s)	Lara Bashir Al Adem (1998–present)
Alma mater	Georgetown University
Religion	Sunni Islam
Website	Saad Hariri's Official Website PM Saad Hariri Official Website - SaadHariri.com (Facebook) @Saad Hariri (Twitter)

Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri (Arabic: سعد الدين رفيق الحريري‎; born 18 April 1971) is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005. Hariri was prime minister from 9 November 2009 until the collapse of his cabinet on 12 January 2011 and has also been the leader of the Movement of the Future party since 2005.

Early years[link]

Saad Hariri was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,^[1][2] and is the son of Rafiq Hariri and his first wife Nidal Al-Bustani, an Iraqi. He graduated in 1992 from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University with a major in Business Administration.^[3] He then returned to Saudi Arabia where he managed part of his father's business in Riyadh until his father's assassination in 2005. When his father was killed 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.

According to Forbes, as of 2011 he is the 595th richest person in the world with a net worth of $2 billion.^[4]

Prior to entering politics, Hariri served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Oger Telecom, which pursues telecommunication interests in the Middle East and Africa. In addition, Hariri was the Chairman of Omnia Holdings and a board member of Oger International Entreprise de Travaux Internationaux.

Political career[link]

After his father's death, he inherited the helm of the Movement of the Future, an essentially Sunni movement that was created and led by his late father. He is also the leader of the March 14 Alliance, a coalition of political groups born out of the Cedar Revolution which, through mass popular demonstrations and Western support, led to the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon in 2005 after a 29-year presence.

Prime ministership[link]

Government collapse[link]

On 12 January 2011, minutes after Hariri posed for pictures with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, the opposition parties resigned from the cabinet, as an objection for the inability of the government to take detrimental decisions, causing his unity government to collapse.

A White House statement released after their talks said actions by Hezbollah "only demonstrate their own fear and determination to block the government's ability to conduct its business and advance the aspirations of all of the Lebanese people."

Hariri remained caretaker Prime Minister for another four months after the collapse of his cabinet. The new government was finally formed on 13 June 2011 and is headed by Najib Mikati.

Personal life[link]

Saad Hariri is the second son of Rafic Hariri, the assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister and his wife Nidal Al-Bustani.

Hariri married Lara Bashir Al Adem in 1998 and has 3 children: Son Hussam, born 1999; Daughter Lulwa, born 2001; and Son Abdul Aziz, born 2005.

His net worth has fluctuated since the death of his father. Current figures usually vary between 1.5 and 2 billion USD.

References[link]

External links[link]

	Lebanon portal
	Biography portal

• Saad Hariri Official Site
• Future Movement's Official Site
• March 14 Alliance's Official Site
• To Live and Die in Beiurt, A portfolio of Saad Hariri
• Forbes, 2006 #158 Billionaire: Saad Hariri
• Forbes, 2007 #407 Billionaire: Saad Hariri

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Najib Mikati نجيب ميقاتي
Prime Minister of Lebanon
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 June 2011
President	Michel Suleiman
Preceded by	Saad Hariri
In office 15 April 2005 – 19 July 2005
President	Émile Lahoud
Deputy	Elias Murr
Preceded by	Omar Karami
Succeeded by	Fouad Siniora
Member of Parliament for Tripoli
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 April 2000
Preceded by	Omar Karami
Personal details
Born	(1955-11-24) 24 November 1955 (age 56) Tripoli, Lebanon
Political party	Glory Movement (March 8 Alliance)
Alma mater	American University of Beirut Harvard University European Institute for Business Administration
Religion	Sunni Islam

Najib Azmi Mikati (Arabic: نجيب ميقاتي‎) (born 24 November 1955) is a Lebanese politician, billionaire and is the current Prime Minister of Lebanon since 13 June 2011. From April 2005 to July 2005 he was Prime Minister of Lebanon in a caretaker government. On January 25, 2011, Mikati was nominated to serve as Prime Minister by a majority of the votes in the parliamentary consultations following the 12 January fall of the Lebanese government of November 2009. The government was formed in June, after many delays.^[1]

Early life[link]

Mikati graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1980 with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. He also attended a summer school program held at Harvard and the prestigious French business school INSEAD.

Business career[link]

He co-founded the telecommunications company Investcom with his brother Taha in 1982. He sold the company in June 2006 to South Africa's MTN Group for $5.5 billion. In 2012, Forbes estimated his wealth at $3 billion, making him the richest Lebanese person.^[2]

Political career[link]

After being appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of Public Works and Transport on 4 December 1998, he was elected to the National Assembly from his hometown of Tripoli in 2000, outpolling Omar Karami, who was elected from the same multimember constituency. As a parliamentarian, he retained his cabinet position and developed a reputation as a moderately pro-Syrian politician with a normal relationship with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

He was a perennial candidate for Lebanon's Prime Ministry since 2000, finally taking the office upon the resignation of Omar Karami on 13 April 2005.

He is the leader of the solidarity bloc which has had two seats in the Lebanese parliament since 2004.

He also created the centrist movement and ideology in Lebanon and the Arab world, for which he has held many international conferences in Lebanon.

First prime ministership[link]

In the negotiations to form a government, Mikati emerged as a consensus candidate.^[3] Despite his closeness to Syria, his willingness to compromise and his promise to dismiss the chiefs of the security forces, whom many Lebanese suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on 14 February 2005, won him the support of the anti-Syrian opposition, against the strongly pro-Syrian Minister of Defence, Abdul Rahim Mourad. "We will be the symbol of moderation and national unity," Mikati declared after being sworn in at the Presidential palace in Baabda.

He was appointed Prime Minister by President Émile Lahoud on 15 April 2005, to succeed Omar Karami, who gave up after seven weeks of frustrated efforts to form a consensus government and resigned. He held office for three months, handing over on 19 July to Fouad Siniora.

Resignation[link]

Mikati's immediate priority was to prepare Lebanon for crucial parliamentary elections, which were scheduled to be held by 31 May 2005. Constitutionally, a government must be in place to call for an election, and opposition politicians had accused President Lahoud and former Prime Minister Karami of stalling the formation of a government in order to thwart the elections, which anti-Syrian parties believed they could win. Mikati's government succeeded in organizing the election, that saw the opposition, that was now known as the 14 March Movement, win 72 out of the 128 seats in the National Assembly.

Second prime ministership[link]

On 24 January 2011, the March 8 alliance nominated Mikati to become prime minister and succeed Saad Hariri, whose government was brought down by the resignation of 10 of the alliance's ministers, and one presidential appointee, on 12 January 2011. It was a result of the collapse of the Saudi-Syrian initiative to reach a compromise on the issue of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

On 25 January 2011, the Parliament of Lebanon voted on his nomination with 68 MP's nominating Mikati for Prime Minister. President of Lebanon Michel Suleiman then nominated Mikati to head a new Lebanese government. On 13 June 2011, Mikati became the Prime Minister of Lebanon for the second time and is in the process of forming a new thirty member cabinet.

On 13 June 2011, Mikati announced the formation of the government and said that they would go to work "liberating land that remains under the occupation of the Israeli enemy".^[4] For part of September 2011, Mikati was the President of the UN Security Council during the Council's 66th Session.^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

External links[link]

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	Lebanon portal
	Biography portal

• Official Site

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Khaled Saad (born on November 14, 1981) is a Jordanian footballer who plays for Al-Faisaly and is a member of the Jordan national football team and has always played as player number 3 of Jordan and 12 of Al-Faisaly.

Career[link]

Khaled Saad started his footballing career with Jordan's top club, Al-Faisaly. He enjoyed many impressive displays and caught the eye of the Jordanian national team coach. Khaled started off very well with the national side and had a great tournament in the 2004 Asian Cup. In 2005 Jordan's arguably best player suffered his first serious injury as he broke his left knee. Luckily he was back and ready after 7 long months. He was then recognized as one of the best Arab defenders. After that in 2006 Khaled Saad led Al-Faisaly to the Arab Club cup final unexpectedly but lost the final 1-0. Khaled Saad also played for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek.^[1]

Honors[link]

With Zamalek[link]

• Egyptian Cup (2008)

Honors and Participation in International Tournaments[link]

In AFC Asian Cups [link]

• 2004 Asian Cup

In Arab Nations Cup [link]

• 2002 Arab Nations Cup

In WAFF Championships [link]

• 2002 WAFF Championship
• 2004 WAFF Championship
• 2007 WAFF Championship
• 2008 WAFF Championship

International goals[link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	July 23, 2004	Jinan	Kuwait	2-0	Win	2004 AFC Asian Cup
2	October 20, 2004	Tripoli	Ecuador	3-0	Win	Friendly
3	November 16, 2005	Tbilisi	Georgia	3-2	Loss	Friendly
4	November 10, 2006	Lahore	Pakistan	3-0	Win	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5	June 20, 2007	Amman	Lebanon	3-0	Win	2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship

References[link]

• http://www.kooora.com/?n=121394&obj=3050190
• http://www.kooora.com/?n=138770&obj=3050190

External links[link]

• Khaled Saad at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Jordan squad – 2004 AFC Asian Cup 1 Shafia 2 Shehdeh 3 Saad 4 Al-Awadat 5 Matalqa 6 Bani Yaseen 8 Al-Sheikh 9 Shelbaieh 10 Salim 11 Al-Zboun 12 Al-Amaireh 13 Abu Alieh 14 Al-Shboul 16 Ibrahim 17 Aqel 18 Zema (c) 19 Abdel-Fattah 20 Al-Shagran 21 Al-Maharmeh 22 Al-Tall 23 Deeb 24 Ragheb Coach: El-Gohary