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Rafic Hariri

1944 - 2005

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Rafic Bahaa El Deen al-Hariri (Arabic: رفيق بهاء الدين الحريري, romanized: Rafīq Bahāʾ ad-Dīn al-Ḥarīrī; 1 November 1944 – 14 February 2005) was a Lebanese businessman and politician who served as prime minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004. Hariri headed five cabinets during his tenure. He was widely credited for his role in constructing the Taif Agreement that ended the 15-year Lebanese Civil War. He also played a huge role in reconstructing the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rafic Hariri is the 1,519th most popular politician (down from 1,289th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 10th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Lebanese Politician.

Rafic Hariri was the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and then from 2000 to 2004. He was assassinated in 2005.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rafic Hariri ranks 1,519 out of 19,576. Before him are Childebert I, As-Saffah, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Krum, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Wenceslaus II of Bohemia. After him are Andronikos III Palaiologos, Öljaitü, Ivan V of Russia, Numerian, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, and Algirdas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rafic Hariri ranks 27. Before him are Dzhokhar Dudayev, Jimmy Page, Peter Mayhew, Joe Cocker, Gabor Maté, and Carlos Alberto Torres. After him are Françoise Hardy, Joe Frazier, Danny Trejo, Abdul Latif Rashid, Rem Koolhaas, and Nǃxau ǂToma. Among people deceased in 2005, Rafic Hariri ranks 15. Before him are George Best, Paul Ricœur, Peter Drucker, Simon Wiesenthal, Hans Bethe, and Rinus Michels. After him are Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Omar Sívori, Zhao Ziyang, Saul Bellow, Sister Lúcia, and Kenzō Tange.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Rafic Hariri ranks 13 out of 145. Before him are Keanu Reeves (1964), Ahab (-900), Ulpian (170), Michel Aoun (1935), Hassan Nasrallah (1960), and Charbel Makhlouf (1828). After him are Fairuz (1935), Hiram I (-1000), Christina of Bolsena (210), Amin Maalouf (1949), Émile Lahoud (1936), and Eusebius of Nicomedia (280).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Rafic Hariri ranks 6. Before him are Severus Alexander (208), Dido (-879), Ahab (-900), Michel Aoun (1935), and Hassan Nasrallah (1960). After him are Hiram I (-1000), Émile Lahoud (1936), Najib Mikati (1955), Bachir Gemayel (1947), Michel Suleiman (1948), and Maria of Montferrat (1192).

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