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Saad ed Deen Rafiq al Hariri , (born April 18,1970 in Beirut
Beirut

Beirut is the Capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs....
, Lebanon
Lebanon

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) is a Lebanese
Lebanese people

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 businessman and politician, and the second son of Rafik Hariri
Rafik Hariri

Rafik Bahaa El Deen Al-Hariri — , was a self-made billionaire and business tycoon, was List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation, 20 October 2004....
, the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon. After his father's death, he inherited the helm of the Future Movement, an essentially LEBANESE movement that was created and led by his father.

Early Years and Personal Life
Saad Hariri is the son of Rafiq Hariri and an Iraqi
Iraqi people

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 mother (Nidal Al-Bustani).






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Saad ed Deen Rafiq al Hariri , (born April 18,1970 in Beirut
Beirut

Beirut is the Capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs....
, Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
) is a Lebanese
Lebanese people

The Lebanese people are a Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....
 businessman and politician, and the second son of Rafik Hariri
Rafik Hariri

Rafik Bahaa El Deen Al-Hariri — , was a self-made billionaire and business tycoon, was List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation, 20 October 2004....
, the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon. After his father's death, he inherited the helm of the Future Movement, an essentially LEBANESE movement that was created and led by his father.

Early Years and Personal Life


Saad Hariri is the son of Rafiq Hariri and an Iraqi
Iraqi people

The Iraqi people are a people who originated in Iraq. The population was a non-Arabic language speaking people prior to the arrival of Islam from the Arabian Peninsula, but gradually adopted Arabic due to Arabic being the only language of the Quran ....
 mother (Nidal Al-Bustani). He was born and raised in Beirut
Beirut

Beirut is the Capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs....
, Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
 and managed part of his father's business there until his father's assassination. When his father was assassinated in February 2005, he inherited some USD 4.1 billion in 2005 earning him and each of his siblings a place on the 2006 Forbes list of richest people in the world (released in March 2006).

He was the Chairman of the executive committee of Oger Telecom, which pursues telecommunication interest in Middle East and Africa. In addition, Hariri was the Chairman of Omnia Holdings, and Board Member of Oger International Entreprise de Travaux Internationaux.

Entry into Politics

After his father, Rafiq Hariri, was killed on February 14 2005 by a car bomb in centralBeirut
Beirut

Beirut is the Capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs....
, Saad Hariri returned to Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
 and took up his father's political path engaged in politics.

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