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Rafic Baha El Deen Al Hariri was a Lebanese business tycoon and the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation on 20 October 2004 .

He headed five cabinets during his tenure. Hariri dominated the country's post-war political and business life and is widely credited with reconstructing the capital Beirut after the 15-year civil war.

Hariri was assassinated on 14 February 2005 by a suicide truck bomb in Beirut. Four Hezbollah members were indicted for the assassination and are currently being tried in absentia by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, but others have linked the assassination to the Syrian government.

Hariri's assassination was a catalyst for dramatic political change in Lebanon. The massive protests of the Cedar Revolution helped achieve the withdrawal of Syrian troops and security forces from Lebanon, and a change in governments.

✵ 1. November 1944 – 14. February 2005
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Famous Rafic Hariri Quotes

“He(Yasser Arafat) was telling me about the situation he is living in. He said that all the buildings around his residence have been destroyed and they are -- they are on fire. And he told me that there is five people have been killed and they cannot move them. And about 40 persons were injured, and they cannot transfer them to the hospital.”

Rafic Hariri

Speaking to CNN, about the attack on Arafat's compound, Ramallah, 29 March 2002. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0203/29/lt.12.html

“It's not a problem to put it up, It's a problem to take it down.”

Rafic Hariri

Talking about the posters that appeared everywhere in Lebanon, of Hafez al-Assad, 1993. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/15/international/middleeast/15hariri.html?_r=0

“Yeah. Everybody has the right to defend himself, but by attacking headquarter of President Arafat, this will lead to -- to the security of Israel? I doubt that.”

Rafic Hariri

Answering to the question that if Israel has right to defend themselves, 29 march 2002. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0203/29/lt.12.html

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