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Rafic Hariri

1944 - 2005

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Rafik 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 October 1992 until December 1998 and again from October 2000 until October 2004, before his assassination in 2005. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafic Hariri has received more than 1,375,923 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Rafic Hariri is the 1,289th most popular politician (up from 1,864th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 15th in 2019) and the 5th 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 1,289 out of 19,576. Before him are Süleyman Demirel, Toghon Temür, Moshe Katsav, Şah Sultan, Eleftherios Venizelos, and Andrei Gromyko. After him are Caroline Bonaparte, Symon Petliura, Cyaxares, Fredrik Bajer, Trebonianus Gallus, and Alexander I of Serbia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rafic Hariri ranks 23. Before him are Miloš Zeman, Joe Frazier, Jimmy Page, Alan Parker, Geraldine Chaplin, and Tony Scott. After him are Angela Davis, Sali Berisha, Jacqueline Bisset, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Sepp Maier, and Rem Koolhaas. Among people deceased in 2005, Rafic Hariri ranks 14. Before him are Claude Simon, Rinus Michels, Peter Drucker, Hans Bethe, Paul Ricœur, and Simon Wiesenthal. After him are Omar Sívori, Ezer Weizman, Kenzō Tange, Zhao Ziyang, Zdzisław Beksiński, and Jack Kilby.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Rafic Hariri ranks 10 out of 145. Before him are Porphyry (233), Keanu Reeves (1964), Dido (-879), Ulpian (170), Michel Aoun (1935), and Charbel Makhlouf (1828). After him are Christina of Bolsena (210), Fairuz (1935), Hassan Nasrallah (1960), Pope Constantine (664), Najib Mikati (1955), and Bachir Gemayel (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lebanon

Among politicians born in Lebanon, Rafic Hariri ranks 5. Before him are Severus Alexander (208), Ahab (-900), Dido (-879), and Michel Aoun (1935). After him are Hassan Nasrallah (1960), Najib Mikati (1955), Bachir Gemayel (1947), Émile Lahoud (1936), Amine Gemayel (1942), Pierre Gemayel (1905), and Fouad Siniora (1943).

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