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Saad-ed- Deen Rafiq al-Hariri is the current Prime Minister of Lebanon and one of Lebanon’s youngest prime ministers. He is the second son of Mr. Rafiq Hariri, the assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister.
After his father's death, he inherited the helm of the Movement of the Future.
Saad Hariri graduated from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, with a major in International Business in 1992. He managed part of his father's business in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father was killed 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.
Prior to politics, Saad Hariri held several high level roles in business. Between 1988 and 2005, he was the General Manager of Saudi Oger, a company that has a turnover of over 2 billion USD and around 35,000 employees. He was the Managing Director of the company from 1994 until 1998. In this capacity he managed one of the largest companies in the Middle East, which is involved in construction projects in Saudi Arabia, as well as in other parts of the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the U.S.A. Saad Hariri has extensive experience in telecommunications and information technology. He was the Chairman of the executive committee of Oger Telecom, which pursues telecommunication interests in the Middle East and Africa.
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