Saad al-Hariri
| Saad Al Hariri سعد الحريري |
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| Prime Minister of Lebanon | |
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Assumed office 18 December 2016 |
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| President | Michel Aoun |
| Preceded by | Tammam Salam |
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In office 9 November 2009 – 13 June 2011 |
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| President | Michel Suleiman |
| Deputy | Elias Murr |
| Preceded by | Fouad Siniora |
| Succeeded by | Najib Mikati |
| Leader of Future Movement | |
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Assumed office 20 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Rafic Hariri |
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18 April 1970 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Political party | Future Movement |
| Other political affiliations |
March 14 Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | Lara Bashir Al Azem (1998–present) |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Website |
Official website Official Facebook Official Twitter |
Saad Al-Hariri (Arabic: سعد الدين رفيق الحريري; born 18 April 1970) is a Lebanese-Saudi politician and the current Prime Minister of Lebanon since December 2016. He was also the Prime Minister from November 2009 to June 2011. He is the second son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, who was assassinated in 2005. Hariri has also been the leader of the Future Movement party since 2005. He is seen as "the strongest figurehead" of the March 14 movement. After three years living overseas, he returned to Lebanon on 8 August 2014 and he was designated Prime Minister on 3 November 2016.
Saad Hariri was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 18 April 1970, and is the son of Rafic Hariri and his first wife Nida Bustani, an Iraqi. In addition to his native Arabic, Hariri speaks English and French. He graduated in 1992 from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University with a major in Business Administration. He then returned to Saudi Arabia where he managed part of his father's business in Riyadh until his father's assassination in 2005.
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, Saudi Oger, Saudi Investment Bank, Saudi Research and Marketing Group and Future Television.
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