Born | Rafic Bahaa El Deen Al Hariri
1 November 1944 |
Died | 14 February 2005 (aged 60) Beirut, Lebanon |
For three decades, Rafik Hariri worked in the shadows and the light to build man, stone and the future. Since heading the first government in 1992, he entered the senior club in the world, sat in the Serail for 10 years, and was elected MP in the 1996 and 2000 sessions.Hariri was assassinated on February 14, 2005 in a suicide bombing attack in Beirut. The assassination changed into a catalyst for dramatic political alternate in Lebanon. The big protests of the Cedar Revolution helped acquire the withdrawal of Syrian troops and safety forces from Lebanon and a alternate in governments. At one point, Hariri changed into one of the world’s one hundred wealthiest men and the fourth-richest politician.