Omar Karami
| Omar Karami عمر كرامي |
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Omar Karami
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| 55th Prime Minister of Lebanon | |
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In office 24 December 1990 – 13 May 1992 |
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| President | Elias Hrawi |
| Preceded by | Selim al-Hoss |
| Succeeded by | Rashid el-Solh |
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In office 26 October 2004 – 19 April 2005 |
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| President | Emile Lahoud |
| Preceded by | Rafik Hariri |
| Succeeded by | Najib Mikati |
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7 September 1934 An Nouri, French Mandate of Lebanon |
| Died | 1 January 2015 (aged 80) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Omar Abdul Hamid Karami (last name also spelled Karamé and Karameh) (Arabic: عمر عبد الحميد كرامي; 7 September 1934 – 1 January 2015) was the 55th Prime Minister of Lebanon on two separate occasions. He was Prime Minister for the first time from 24 December 1990, when Selim al-Hoss gave up power, until 13 May 1992, when he resigned due to economic instability. He was again Prime Minister from October 2004 to April 2005.
Karami was born Omar Abdul Hamid Karami in the northern Lebanese town of An Nouri, near Tripoli in 1934 to a Sunni Muslim family. He was the son of former Prime Minister and independence hero Abdul Hamid Karami. He was the brother of Arab nationalist the eight-time Prime Minister and major Lebanese statesman, Rashid Karami, who was assassinated in 1987. Omar Karami held a degree in law, which he received from Cairo University in 1956.
Karami worked as both lawyer and businessman. In 1989, he was appointed education minister and on 24 December 1990, prime minister. He was in office until December 1992 when he resigned due to a manipulated economic crisis. Karami was elected as Parliamentary representative of Tripoli in 1991, following his brother's assassination. In late October 2004, he formed a cabinet after the resignation of Rafik Hariri.
Due to the assassination of ex-prime minister Hariri on 14 February 2005, members of the opposition blamed Syria for the assassination, and demanded Syria withdraw its troops and intelligence personnel from Lebanon. Protests grew in Beirut despite an official ban on public protests, and the opposition planned to call for a no confidence vote. Amid the growing pressure, Karami announced on 28 February 2005 that his government would resign, although it remained temporarily in a caretaker role.
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