Fouad Siniora
| Fouad Siniora فؤاد السنيورة |
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| 44th Prime Minister of Lebanon | |
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In office 18 July 2005 – 9 November 2009 |
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| President |
Émile Lahoud Michel Suleiman |
| Deputy |
Elias Al Murr Issam Abu Jamra |
| Preceded by | Najib Mikati |
| Succeeded by | Saad Hariri |
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President of Lebanon Acting |
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In office 23 November 2007 – 25 May 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Émile Lahoud |
| Succeeded by | Michel Suleiman |
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22 November 1943 Sidon, Lebanon |
| Political party | Future Movement |
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
| Spouse(s) | Huda Siniora |
| Alma mater | American University of Beirut |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Fouad Siniora (alternative spellings: Fouad Sanyoura, Fuad Sinyora, Fouad Sanioura, Fouad Seniora, Fuad Siniora) (Arabic: فؤاد السنيورة , Fu'ād as-Sanyūrah) (born 22 November 1943) is a Lebanese politician, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon, a position he held from 19 July 2005 to 25 May 2008. He stepped down on 9 November 2009 in favor of Saad Hariri, the late Rafik Hariri's son. He currently serves as a member of Parliament for Saida. Siniora is the head of the Future Movement.
Sanioura was born into a Sunni Muslim family in Sidon on 22 November 1943 (Independence day). He earned a master of arts degree in Business Administration from the American University of Beirut after attending the American School for Boys in Sidon.
In the 1970s, Sanioura worked for Citibank and taught at his alma mater in Beirut and at the Lebanese University. He then joined the audit committee at Lebanon's Central Bank in 1977. In 1982, he was recruited by Rafik Hariri to help him manage and expand his business empire. Upon the end of Lebanon's Civil War, Hariri became Lebanon's Prime Minister. Hariri appointed Sanioura as Minister of Finance in his successive cabinets. Sanioura was the Chairman and Managing Director of Groupe Mediterranee which encompasses four Hariri-owned banks.
Fuad Siniora has strong ties with the international financial community. Strongly pro-business, he is considered a moderate partisan of free trade. He was a very close adviser to late Rafik Hariri and he is very close to his son Saad Hariri. He served as finance minister from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004 during which he was the architect of the national debt that climbed from US $2 billion to US $50 billion. Siniora was the main architect of the Paris II Conference in November 2002 which allowed Lebanon to get US $2.6 billion and the Paris III Conference in January 2007 which pledged 13 billion dollars to Lebanon. He was accused of corruption and mismanagement after Hariri's ousting in 1998, in what was mainly viewed as a conflict between Hariri and Syria, and a Syrian-orchestrated move to keep him in line. Siniora was cleared of all charges in 2003 by the parliament and the Judicial Court. In 2002, he abolished most of Lebanon's duty taxes and introduced a Value Added Tax.
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